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Fillmore was elected as vice-president and began president because President Taylor died in office. In those days, there was no way to replace the vice-president before the next election.

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What state was Millard Filmore elected from?

Millard Fillmore was elected Vice President as a resident of New York. Although he ran for president he never won a presidential election (he became President when Zachary Taylor died).Millard Fillmore, the 13th President of the United States, was elected from New York.


What was President Millard Filmore vice president?

Millard Fillmore did not have a Vice President. Fillmore was elected as Vice President with Zachary Taylor as President, and became President of the United States when Taylor died in office on July 9, 1850 of an unknown digestive ailment.In those days a vacancy in the office of VP remained unfilled until the next presidential election. Fillmore vacated the Vice Presidency to become president. In those days, a vacancy in the vice presidency was not filled until the next presidential election. The 25th Amendment to the Constitution was not passed until 1967.


What number was US Vice President Millard Fillmore?

He was the 12th US Vice President.


Who was the twelfth US vice president?

The 12th U. S. Vice President was Millard Fillmore.


What party was Millard Filmore in?

Fillmore was a Whig when he was elected vice-president. He was the last Whig to be President. Later he ran as the candidate for the American (aka Know-Nothing) party.


How old was Millard Filmore when elected?

Millard Fillmore was born on January 7, 1800. He was never inaugurated as President, only as Vice President -- at the age of 49 on March 4, 1849. Fillmore became President when Zachary Taylor died on July 9, 1850.


What vice president replaced president Taylor when he died in 1850?

Millard Fillmore


Which president was born in New York and elected as vice president by Taylor?

Millard Fillmore


What number was Millard Fillmore for replacing a dead president?

Millard Fillmore was the 13th President. He became the second vice-president to take office upon the death of the elected President when he replaced President Taylor.


Who was the vice president of the 12th president?

Millard Fillmore was the Vice President of the 12th US President, Zachary Taylor. When Taylor died in 1850, Fillmore became the 13th US President.


How many presidents and name them have served that were never elected to the office of president of vice-president?

Johnson, Filmore, Tyler, Arthur


Did Andrew Johnson's vice president become president?

No. Andrew Johnson did not have a Vice President. At that time there was no procedure for naming a new Vice President when the President died and the current Vice President became President. John Tyler, who became President on the death of William Henry Harrison, and Millard Fillmore, who became President when Zachary Taylor died, also had no Vice President.