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From supporting the 1850 Compromise to sending Matthew Perry to Japan, Millard Fillmore used his three years as President well as a steward for the people.

History has all but forgotten Millard Fillmore, the thirteenth U.S. president. His wife, Abigail, on the other hand, left behind a very important legacy.

Born in a log cabin, Millard Fillmore demonstrated that through methodical industry and competence an uninspiring man could rise to greatness.

Millard Filmore, 13th President of the United States, is one of the most overlooked characters in American history - but is this oversight jusified?

While the Compromise of 1850 aimed to settle sectional differences, it ultimately made them worse and paved the way toward civil war.

While many Italians who immigrated to the U.S. during the 1800s were laborers, a number of others were executives and business owners.

From Washington to Obama, the most powerful men in the United States aren't superheroes. They've had their quirks and though great, ultimately remained just that - men.

Timesonline recently ranked the presidents. Among the worst were Fillmore, Pierce, and Buchanan, all of whom served in the 1850's. Why so much futility in one decade?

Tour the homes of bad U.S. presidents Buchanan and Harding for insight on how bad timing or corruption can make or break a presidency.

Nativism, strongest in the American Northeast, affected political realignments during the early and mid 1850s through the American or "Know Nothing" Party.

Teach kids about how Thanksgiving came to be a national holiday due to a tireless letter-writing campaign of a widow with five children.

Most American Presidents received college degrees from predominantly Northeastern institutions like Harvard, but several never attended or dropped out.

At the foot of the Golden Gate Bridge visitors will find a historic fort dedicated to coastal defense, first-rate accommodations, and beautiful views of the Bay Area.

The forced opening up of Japan created a movement toward modernization that enabled Japan to develop as a strong imperialist power by the end of the 19th century.

Henry Clay's resolutions sparked hot debate on the role of Congress in permitting or limiting slavery in the newly acquired territories from Mexico.

Years before the outbreak of the Civil War, Northerners and Southerners were sharply divided over whether the territories taken from Mexico should be opened to slavery.

Abraham Lincoln began his political career as a Whig. In 1854, a new party was formed, and Lincoln became its first successful candidate in 1860.

Only four vice presidents that filled out the term of a deceased chief executive would win reelection in their own right and all four lived in the 20th Century.

The president of the United States has been inaugurated at noon on January 20 since 1937 when the Constitution was given the 20th Amendment, changing it from March 4.

Dogs have been cared about or owned by Presidents of the United States since 1850 and continues in the 21st century.

Trivial facts about each of the men that have held the office of the presidency.

In the middle of the 19th century, a new party began to rise up through the ranks of American Politics. The Know-Nothings were anti Catholic and anti Immigration.

The national election of 1852 demonstrated the inability of the chief political parties in confronting the growing crisis dividing the country and leading to secession.

Although third parties generally focused on single issues like Prohibition, they seldom affected the final electoral result; there were, however, some exceptions.

Who was the 39th president of the U.S.? What party did John Quincy Adams represent? Find out many answers you need to know about the Presidents of the U.S.

Hundreds of books have been written on the Civil War, but do Americans really understand why the South lost the war?

Called "Old Rough and Ready," Zachary Taylor earned his fame in the Mexican-American War, and was elected President solely on this experience.

Quaker families produced many famous descendants, including politicians, artists and several U.S. presidents.