num_pages: 470
description: For some reason hard to understand, the historically minded public has had to wait 85 years since the death of a president for an adequate biography. This gap has now been filled with Dr. Rayback's authoritative work on Millard Fillmore. It is no eulogy, rather it is honest and unprejudiced, describing and assaying his defects of judgment such as his leadership of two abused parties at the beginning and at the end of his political career, but asserting that all this -- even his approval of the fugitive slave law -- was far outweighed by his moral convictions and concrete actions against the institution of human slavery. To Western New Yorkers this book will of course have special appeal, but it is by no means unduly concerned with local history; it is the story of a life not only of dignity and integrity but of permanent achievement on both the local and national scene. The Buffalo Historical Society takes pride in this presentation of its first president.
language: English
title: Millard Fillmore: Biography of a President
titlecomplete: Millard Fillmore: Biography of a President
characters: Thurlow Weed, John J. Crittenden, John Quincy Adams, Zachary Taylor, Nathan K. Hall, Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart, Millard Fillmore, James Pearce, Washington Hunt, Franklin Pierce, Martin Van Buren, James K. Polk, Nicholas Biddle, Abigail Fillmore, Daniel Webster
genres: Biography, Politics, Presidents, Nonfiction, American History, 19th Century, Biography Memoir, Us Presidents, History, Government
ratings_count: 1491
publisher: American Political Biography Press