"Fillmore fought for compromise, but took no principled position on any of his positions. Never expecting to be president, he was thrust into battle without a plan. After firing his cabinet, he was left without advisors just as he began his administration. He relied on Clay, Douglas, and others to orchestrate a compromise that would stem the threat of secession and even war. He took a backseat to their leadership and would have likely signed almost anything that passed both chambers of Congress."
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Presidents of the United StatesLawyers from New York (state)Vice Presidents of the United StatesPoliticians from New York (state)United States presidential candidates, 1856
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Jared Cohen, Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America (2019), p. 81
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Millard Fillmore
1800 – 1874
US-amerikanischer Politiker
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