What's a prez to do? Fillmore and the Compromise of 1850
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Millard Fillmore was the second man to enter the White House by the side door. John Tyler had been the first, and though he effectively settled the question of whether an unelected president was really the president—in the affirmative—he left open the question of whether an unelected president really mattered. Tyler's inherited presidency passed uneventfully, except for squabbling among members of his own Whig party, who denied him nomination for a full term of his own.
What's a prez to do? Fillmore and the Compromise of 1850
What's a prez to do? Fillmore and the…
What's a prez to do? Fillmore and the Compromise of 1850
Millard Fillmore was the second man to enter the White House by the side door. John Tyler had been the first, and though he effectively settled the question of whether an unelected president was really the president—in the affirmative—he left open the question of whether an unelected president really mattered. Tyler's inherited presidency passed uneventfully, except for squabbling among members of his own Whig party, who denied him nomination for a full term of his own.