Millard Fillmore

Birth-Death: (1800 - 1874 ) Term: (1850-1853 )

President Fillmore decided to use compromise in order to solve his problems. He hoped to lessen tension between the people of the United States. A prime example is his support for the Compromise of 1850, which, among other things, established California as a free state, while strengthening the fugitive slave law.

Administration of Millard Fillmore

Vice President

None

Secretary of State

John M. Clayton (1850)
Daniel Webster (1850-52)
Edward Everett (1852-53)

Secretary of the Treasury

William M. Meredith (1850)
Thomas Corwin (1850-53)

Secretary of War

George W. Crawford (1850)
Charles M. Conrad (1850-53)

Attorney General

Reverdy Johnson (1850)
John J. Crittenden (1850-53)

Postmaster General

Jacob Collamer (1850)
Nathan K. Hall (1850-52)
Samuel D. Hubbard (1852-53)

Secretary of the Navy

William B. Preston (1850)
William A. Graham (1850-52)
John P. Kennedy (1852-53)

Secretary of the Interior

Thomas Ewing (1850)
Thomas M. T. McKennan (1850)
Alexander H. H. Stuart (1850-53)