Millard Fillmore

Birth Name:
Millard Fillmore
Birth Date:
December 31, 1969
Birth Place:
Moravia, New York
Death Date:
March 8, 1874
Place of Death:
107 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, New York
Age:
74
Cause of Death:
Stroke
Cemetery Name:
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Claim to Fame:
World Leaders
Millard Fillmore was the 13th president of the United States, serving from 1850 to 1853, the last to be a member of the Whig Party while in the White House. A former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Upstate New York, Fillmore was elected as the 12th U.S. Vice President in 1848, and succeeded to the presidency in July 1850 upon the death of U.S. President Zachary Taylor. Fillmore was instrumental in the passing of the Compromise of 1850, a bargain that led to a brief truce in the battle over the expansion of slavery. He failed to win the Whig nomination for president in 1852 but gained the endorsement of the nativist Know Nothing Party four years later and finished third in the 1856 presidential election. Overall he shares the dubious honor of being one of the worst Presidents in American history alongside with Warren G. Harding and Donald Trump.

Fun Fact

Millard Fillmore’s Presidency was so unremarkable that a Millard Fillmore Society used to gather at his gravesite every year to lampoon his forgotten term in office.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Forest Lawn Cemetery

1411 Delaware Ave

Buffalo, New York, 14209

USA

North America

Map:

Grave Location:

Section F, Lot 55, Grave 4

Grave Location Description

As you enter the cemetery follow the yellow/blue/white stripped road through the cemetery until you come to the water feature on your right. Once you are at the bridge, cross over and the road will veer slightly to the left. Continue driving to the next section (which will be Section F) and look up on the right and you will see Fillmore’s obelisk monument up a slight hill from the road.

Grave Location GPS

42.9293318,-78.8634921

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