Millard Fillmore
1800 – 1874 American 13th President of the United States
Thirteenth U.S. president who signed the Compromise of 1850.
- Religion
- Unitarian
- Affiliations
- Whig Party, later Know Nothing Party; not a Freemason.
Fillmore became president on Taylor's death and signed the Compromise of 1850, including the Fugitive Slave Act. He sent Commodore Perry to open Japan to trade. He later ran for president on the nativist Know Nothing ticket.