Millard Fillmore: The 13th President of the United States

Fillmore married Abigail Powers in 1826 and served four terms in the U.S. Congress. In 1843, while serving as the comptroller ...
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The Whig Party, the Compromise of 1850, and the Nomination of Winfield Scott

Vol. 14, No. 3, Campaign '84: The Contest for National Leadership (Part Three) (Summer, 1984), pp. 399-415 (17 pages) Wiley is a global provider of content and content-enabled workflow solutions in ...
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Midstate Marker: The Whig convention in Harrisburg

Harrisburg (WHTM)– Along the first block of South Third Street, next to the Zion Lutheran Church, is a state historical marker for a political convention held at the church in December of 1839. The ...
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1839 Whig Convention

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Howard Parker spoke about the 1839 Whig Convention. He talked about the backroom deals and trickery that led to the nomination of William Henry ...
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Fort Vancouver’s presidential pipes were the election swag of the 1840s and 1850s

In presidential races of yore — before the advent of T-shirts, hats, signs and bumper stickers — voters indicated their preferences through the pipes they smoked. They puffed tobacco between their ...