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[edit] society

There should be some discussion regarding the Society for the Preservation and Enhancement of the Recognition of Millard Fillmore, Last Of the Whigs, commonly referred to as the Millard Fillmore Society.

The website "The Straight Dope" suggests this society may have been defunct by 1976. If thats true, it obviously pre-dated the internet so getting historical (ie, genuine) info may be hard.Engr105th (talk) 19:50, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Bad Redirect

I have no idea why but Windows_Media_Player_11 rdirects to this article.

Not currently it doesn't, at least for me. studerby 13:10, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

It dosent redirect for me eather. 68.32.73.22 14:13, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Millard Who?

For an unknown president he sure did alot. Way not enough credit given to him.

I agree. The article needs an attempt to generalize on his political legacy. Nothing POV; just some reasonable analysis. Was he just treading water trying to avoid the Civil War happening on his watch? -- Pinktulip 10:35, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Why Not all the Cabinet?

the Cabinet members under President Taylor ,didn't resign until July 22nd, 1850 13-days after Taylor's death. Thus for the first 13 days of the Fillmore Administration, these men were members of President Fillmore's cabinet. Why are they not listed in Fillmore's Cabinet? Example: President Fillmore's first Secretary of State would be John Clayton not Daniel Webster.

Well, by that standard, a lot of presidents are stuck with their predecessors' cabinet secretaries that didn't get replaced until a few days into the term. For instance, John C. Calhoun briefly served as Secretary of State under Polk - for a couple of days. Should he be listed as a member of Polk's cabinet? I think this is simply misleading. john k 19:24, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

Great Point, Thanks for straigtening me out. 22 October 2005

[edit] Vice Presidency error

The following line contains an ambiguous referent:

He made no public comment on the merits of the compromise proposals, but a few days before President Taylor's death, he suggested to him that if there should be a tie vote on Henry Clay's bill, he would vote in favor of it.

The he, him, and he in the bolded sections are unclear - which refer to Fillmore and which to Taylor?

  • Fillmore suggested to Taylor, that he (Fillmore) would vote in favor of Clay's bill. Mightberight/wrong 0:50, 9 November 2005 (UTC).


Also, in the bold-face words in the introduction. it says that Zachary Taylor died of unknown reasons, yet, you simply click Zachory Taylor in the links on the right, Third paragraph of his Introduction:

"Taylor died of acute gastroenteritis just 16 months into his term. Vice President Millard Fillmore became President." So, either Taylor's article is correct, or this one needs some editing" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.218.46.21 (talk) 21:46, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Millard Fillmore/his wives-

I added a paragraph about Fillmore's second marriage and clarified a paragraph in the Abigail Fillmore article about Fillmore's second marriage.I do not think an article about Fillmore's second wife is needed.But then,I may be wrong.Thanks-RFD 21:37, 31 December 2005 (UTC) I saw the new article about Millard Fillmore's second wife Caroline Fillmore.It is excellent and I am supporting it.Thank you-RFD 13:18, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Plagarism

Large portions of this article are direct copies of text from the official White House biography. This doesn't violate any copyright, as far as I know, because publications by the federal government are not copyrighted. However, proper attribution should be given.

Those portions include the paragraph beginning "Fillmore presided over the Senate during..." and the entire text of the "Presidency" section.


I must agree that this is indeed partially plagiarized and Whitehouse.gov should get some credit. -Programmer8

[edit] renomination?

The VP page says that ol' Millard did not seek renomination after the end of his term; this page doesn't realy discuss it one way or the other. Does anyone know more details? I seem to recall that he expressed interest in running but was outmaneuvered by the Whig leadership (I'm not sure how formalized the process of seeking one's party nomination was in 1850). --Jfruh 16:32, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Where?

Where did he die? Was it at home? 68.32.73.22 14:08, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Hello again it's me He died in buffalo N.Y. just google Millard Fillmore you'll see it and I do find it strange that it is not located on the page - Programmer8

[edit] Teacher or a student????

look in Abigail Fill more it says:

"Shared eagerness for schooling formed a bond when Abigail Powers at 21 met Millard Fillmore at 19, both students at a recently opened academy in the village of New Hope."

But in Millard Fillmore it says:

"He fell in love with his teacher Abigail Powers"

Either his teacher was a student (not likely)

or

Something's wrong here

could someone comment on this to ensure me I'm not going insane
-Programmer8

[edit] Millard Fillmore and Abigail Powers children.

I am Hoping that you can find their son but I can not so search for Fillmore family.Their daughter Mary Fillmore is very pretty and you can look her up on en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abgail_Fillmore.

[edit] Fillmore's Birthplace

The Town of Summerhill did not exist in 1800 when Fillmore was born--Summerhill was created as a subsection of the town of Locke in 1831. Does anyone know what Wikipedians typically do when these conflicts arise?

APWebber 02:52, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

...we change them quietly and hope the nut who claimed otherwise doesn't notice?
24.174.0.229 22:44, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Places named after Fillmore

The section titled "Places named after Fillmore" includes locations, especially streets, that could have been named after any Fillmore. I already removed Fillmore, California because that was named after the founder of the city whose last name was also Fillmore. With the exception of those places with Millard Fillmore specifically in the name or those with articles that state the connection, all the locations should either have a citation or be deleted. Any thoughts? Alanraywiki (talk) 01:25, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Good catch—I agree that we need some evidence to warrant the entry in the list. Moreover, I am deleting those places that do not have their own article—my general policy is that if they are not notable enough to warrant their own article, they're not notable enough for one of these lists. —johndburger 02:11, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Plaques

Wikipedia is not a gallery, but do these add to the history conveyed by the article of not? Obviously , 68.96.193.198 thought they did not when he deleted them on 28 February 2008. Equally obviously, Yoho2001 thought they did when they were added on 7 January 2008. Opinions? --Bejnar (talk) 19:24, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

When plaques document some interesting detail they may be useful. Some of these appear to simply record basic facts of his life that are well-known and easily verifiable from conventional sources. I'd suggest that unhelpful ones be removed (and posted to the Commons). ·:· Will Beback ·:· 23:21, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
I think the only marginally interesting one is the shot of the house. Maybe. And the article does not lack for images. —johndburger 03:27, 29 February 2008 (UTC)