Mary Abigail Fillmore

Mary Abigail Fillmore (March 27, 1832, Buffalo, New York – July 26, 1854, East Aurora, New York) was the daughter of President Millard Fillmore and Abigail Powers, and was the White House Hostess from 1850 to 1853 due to her mother's broken ankle. Had her mother died 26 days earlier, she would have officially become First Lady.

Fillmore worked as a teacher and attended the State Normal School. She died of cholera in 1854 at the age of 22.