Hail to the Chiefs: Ballantine, 1990; (updated edition: Permanent Press, 2003)
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The Presidents, by Date of Birth
Excerpted from Barbara Holland's Hail to the Chiefs
Excerpted from Barbara Holland's Hail to the Chiefs
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Jan. 7, 1800: Millard Fillmore (d. March 8, 1874)
“In July of 1850 Millard found himself President and hit his stride at being wrong. … In 1852 the Whigs decided Millard was the wrong President and flatly refused to nominate him. [After moving to Buffalo, NY, he was] elected the very first President of the Buffalo Historical Society. They thought he made a perfectly swell President.”
“In July of 1850 Millard found himself President and hit his stride at being wrong. … In 1852 the Whigs decided Millard was the wrong President and flatly refused to nominate him. [After moving to Buffalo, NY, he was] elected the very first President of the Buffalo Historical Society. They thought he made a perfectly swell President.”
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