answersLogoWhite

0

Though he was born into a very poor family, Millard Fillmore struggled for an education and even got a teaching job though he never attended college. He also taught himself enoungh about the law to join the bar at the age of 23. He served in Congress for four terms when the Whigs made him Zachary Taylor;s running mate. As President, Millard Fillmore delayed the Civil War by a decade by signing the Compromise of 1850. In 1856 he ran for the presidency as a member of the Know Nothing Party. He wanted to unite the country behind anti-Catholicism and nativism, but he carried only Maryland.

What else can I help you with?