13th President of the United States

Millard Fillmore

“The American Louis Philippe”

In office

July 9, 1850 – March 4, 1853

Party

Whig

Home state

New York

Lived

1800–1874

Days in office

969

In order

No. 13: after Zachary Taylor, before Franklin Pierce

Vice president

None

Key achievements & events

• Signed the Compromise of 1850, delaying the Civil War
• Enforced the Fugitive Slave Act, which was deeply unpopular in the North
• Sent Commodore Perry's expedition that opened Japan to the West

Remember: The last Whig president. He later ran for president in 1856 for the anti-immigrant Know Nothing party.