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Millard Fillmore was born in a frontier cabin in Cayuga county, New York, on Jan. 7, 1800. He was the second child and the first of five sons of Nathaniel and Phoebe Millard Fillmore. The family was miserably poor, and Fillmore was almost entirely self-educated. D ....

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.... formed a law partnership with Hall and developed a thriving practice. His massive frame, benign air, dignified mien, and conciliatory temper commanded respect and admiration. His popularity in Erie County marked him as one of the outstanding political leaders in western New York, and in 1832 he won election to Congress on the Anti-Masonic ticket. During the 1840's Weed led the New York Whig party's liberal wing, which was hostile to slavery. Fillmore disliked slavery but disapprove of attacks on it. For he regarded the South's peculiar institution as untouchable in the states where it existed. The influx of foreigners into New York State posed anoth ....