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A little embarrased about President Fillmore
May 20, 2018, 07:59 PM
bubbatimeA little embarrased about President Fillmore
OK. I was a good student. Loved history and still do. I might spend 1 to 2 hours a week reading history to refresh my memory and learn new things. Always found history to be exciting and fresh, and could read for hours.
Well today I was reading about the Gadsden purchase where the US purchased 30K square miles from Mexico for a southern rail route. And in that article was talk of one US President Millard Fillmore. Wait, what?! Who? Millard Fillmore? Never heard of him (gasp!). A quick google search smacks me in the face with the realization that in fact one Millard Fillmore was in fact the 13th President of these United States. How on earth did I not know this!! I know I learned my presidents in grade school. This guy must have been such a do nothing that I somehow forgot about him. Another google search shows him to be one of the most forgettable US presidents, so at least I'm not alone.
Any Whig party fans on the board?
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May 20, 2018, 08:02 PM
V-TailIsn't his portrait on the four dollar bill?
הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים May 20, 2018, 08:14 PM
bubbatimequote:
Originally posted by V-Tail:
Isn't his portrait on the four dollar bill?
Didn't you serve as his horse carriage driver?
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May 20, 2018, 08:16 PM
PalmThough I couldn't tell you one thing about him, I've actually felt he was one of the most memorable presidents. I mean how do you forget the name Millard?
May 20, 2018, 08:19 PM
BB61Millard County, Utah and Fillmore, Utah the old territorial capital of Utah were named after him. Utah thought it might make it easier to get statehood if they named a county and the capital after the president. It didn’t work. But, in Utah, we know of him.
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May 20, 2018, 08:22 PM
egregoreOK, he wasn't one of the more distinguished presidents (though far from the worst), but not to have heard of him
at all?
May 20, 2018, 08:27 PM
JALLENYou did not have to memorize and recite the Presidents of the US, in order? The states? State capitols?
You never heard him mentioned on the Tonight Show? Carson referred to him often.
Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.
When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson
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Sailor1911I'm pretty sure he did not get a BJ in the Oval Office.
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mr kablammoHe is buried in Buffalo, NY. I drove by the cemetary many times but never did divert to visit his grave. Oh well, one of the lesser regrets of my life.
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May 20, 2018, 08:59 PM
captain127Growing up in the buffalo region we heard a lot about him. One of our bigger city hospitals was named after him.
May 20, 2018, 09:26 PM
bcereussThe less you hear, the better the president.
For me, it’s Calvin Coolidge.
May 20, 2018, 09:28 PM
Il CattivoHe was the inspiration for the name of the "Mallard Fillmore" comic strip and its main character.
May 20, 2018, 09:31 PM
signewtquote:
I'm pretty sure he did not get a BJ in the Oval Office.
...his era predated the 'oval office'....really, just learned that tonight
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May 21, 2018, 03:54 AM
12131quote:
Originally posted by bubbatime:
OK. I was a good student. Loved history and still do. I might spend 1 to 2 hours a week reading history to refresh my memory and learn new things. Always found history to be exciting and fresh, and could read for hours.
Well today I was reading about the Gadsden purchase where the US purchased 30K square miles from Mexico for a southern rail route. And in that article was talk of one US President Millard Fillmore. Wait, what?! Who? Millard Fillmore? Never heard of him (gasp!). A quick google search smacks me in the face with the realization that in fact one Millard Fillmore was in fact the 13th President of these United States. How on earth did I not know this!! I know I learned my presidents in grade school. This guy must have been such a do nothing that I somehow forgot about him. Another google search shows him to be one of the most forgettable US presidents, so at least I'm not alone.
Any Whig party fans on the board?
Even I, who didn't come here until I was 15, at least knew who he was. Geez. You need to get back to class, my friend.
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May 21, 2018, 04:40 AM
downtownvquote:
Originally posted by BB61:
Millard County, Utah and Fillmore, Utah the old territorial capital of Utah were named after him. Utah thought it might make it easier to get statehood if they named a county and the capital after the president. It didn’t work. But, in Utah, we know of him.
Let us not forget the Fillmore Theater and the Fillmore East, where some of the worlds best rock bands ever, performed!
Both maned after Millie, as he was known to his friends...
May 21, 2018, 04:52 AM
fpuhanThe duck character in the Bloom County comic strip was named Mallard Fillmore.
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NRA Benefactor/Patriot Member May 21, 2018, 08:37 AM
DMFquote:
Originally posted by JALLEN:
You never heard him mentioned on the Tonight Show? Carson referred to him often.
Come on, Carson has been off the air for a quarter century. You can't assume, that a) everyone watched him, and b) are old enough to have watched.
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May 21, 2018, 09:54 AM
JALLENquote:
Originally posted by DMF:
quote:
Originally posted by JALLEN:
You never heard him mentioned on the Tonight Show? Carson referred to him often.
Come on, Carson has been off the air for a quarter century. You can't assume, that a) everyone watched him, and b) are old enough to have watched.
It seems like only yesterday. I guess even the pages of the Funk & Wagnalls are yellowing now days, and the hermetically sealed Mayonaise jar has been hauled off to the recycle yard.
Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.
When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson
"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown May 21, 2018, 10:06 AM
Rey HRHI know of Fillmore Street in San Francisco before it was gentrified.
I don't know all the presidents. Never studied US history. It's not like history will repeat so there's no point in studying it.
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May 21, 2018, 10:10 AM
CQB60He was president for a faint 16 months with limited accomplishments. It’s easy to over look him...
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