Today’s Notable U. S. Birthday

Millard Fillmore (13th president of the United States). Image by Mathew B. Brady circa 1855-1865, and forms party of the Library of Congress Brady-Handy photograph collection. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Millard Fillmore (January 7, 1800 – March 8, 1874) was the thirteenth President of the United States, serving from 1850 until 1853, and the last member of the Whig Party to hold that office. He was the second Vice President to assume the Presidency upon the death of a sitting President, succeeding Zachary Taylor who died of what is thought to be acute gastroenteritis or hyperthermia (heat stroke). Fillmore was never elected President; after serving out Taylor’s term, he failed to gain the nomination for the Presidency of the Whigs in the 1852 presidential election, and, four years later, in the 1856 presidential election, he again failed to win election as the Know Nothing Party and Whig candidate.

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Civil War Cycle – Era of Good Feeling – First Turning, High (1788-1821)
Transcendental Generation – Prophet (Idealist) (1792-1821)

Heritage Birthday

Ella Jeanette (Hinman) Lepper was born on this day in 1856

Ella Jeanette (Hinman) Lepper (7 Jan 1856, Vermont – 22 Apr 1930, Minnesota) was my Great-grandmother.  Ella married my Great-grandfather, Recellus Lepper, in Iowa in 1873.

Civil War Cycle – Era of Slavery Expansion – Third Turning, Unraveling (1838-1859)

Progressive Generation – Artist (Adaptive) (1843-1859)