#millard filmore

[shutupgitsor]

Not featured but g'd I wish I could: Warren Harding, Franklin Pierce, Millard Fillmore, and more. so much more. almost all of them, actually. these are just the ones i know most people regard as specifically awful.

[kadegreene]

My election take

Our votes are either for Biden or for Project 2025. Those are the only two options, so we must strengthen Biden through our votes as much as we can to defeat the other option.

I know people will go "a political party who banks on votes to combat a bad policy will never get rid of the bad policy because they'll lose that guaranteed show of support!" Shut up. In the case of Project 2025, we need to stop this by all means necessary, and if Trump wins, it WILL happen.

A third-party vote is not an option. The last third-party to win an election was Millard Filmore in *1850.* It simply isn't an option.

Voting for a dem candidate who isn't Biden isn't an option either, because the last time someone who wasn't the party's primary candidate won was literally NEVER.

And I fucking hate Biden. I cannot support him. However, I must vote for him because sometimes being an adult means you have to do hard things that you don't like for the greater good, or at least against the greater evil.

I promise, everything you think Biden is bad at, if Trump wins, it will get SO MUCH WORSE.

Unfortunately, this is the political system we live in. It is not ideal, it sucks, it sucks A LOT, but it is our duty to take the most effective route to minimize as much harm as possible. Yeah I'm sure there's some dem candidate with every perfect policy promised, but if they have a zero percent chance of winning, it's not gonna be very effective to vote for them.

[kooldewd123]

Boooo.. I am the fashionably late trick or treater!

alas, you have arrived so late that all the good tricks and/or treats are gone. all I have left to give you is thirteenth president of the united states, millard filmore:

[sweettoothcandystore]

MILLARD FILMORE JUMPSCARE

*screams* NOOOO! NOT MILLARD EMPTYLESS…

[outerspacebassman]

The writers’ room had a field day with my Ben Franklin bit.

“Washington I feel like would be exactly the same and have to be constantly reminded he can't say the n-word anymore.”

“On the plus side, I can totally see him drawing his saber and trying to kill a bunch of modern republicans for being cowards so that would own.”

“Jefferson would be the most insufferable fucking libertarian. He would be so smart and just fucking awful. I'd kill him.”

Abe Lincoln I just keep thinking about the Bob Newhart bit “Lincoln v. Madison Avenue” where his publicist is like “no no Abe, you were a railsplitter, *then* an attorney. Well why would you leave the law practice to become a railsplitter it makes no sense.”

“John Quincy Adams would just live in a nice neighborhood in upstate New York, mind his own business, but startle the HOA by walking around in the nude every morning. But he’d host great parties so they’d let it slide.”

Harrison, naturally, would have been a COVID denier and die very publicly of it.

Millard Filmore would become the new Bob Dole.

Coolidge would immediately drop dead of a heart attack

I feel like taft would also transition seamlessly.

[worlds-largest-juice-container]

PRESIDENTS, BASED ON HOW PRESIDENTIAL THEIR NAMES SOUND

46. John Tyler. Literally just two first names, none of which have authority.

45. Franklin Pierce. Who the fuck is this guy lmao two first names again, slightly higher than tyler cause of what i call the two syllable rule, elaborated later

44. Donald Trump, donald is NOT a presidential sounding name, neither is trump, more of a business name. Two syllable rule strikes again

43. John Adams. Adams is a good last name, so slightly higher. Lots of johns on here.

42. James Madison. He had three terms and I think thats whack, name sounds like a kid.

41. James Monroe, similar to Madison but monroe is more presidential sounding, has more professionality.

40. Chester A Arthur, first middle initial, could be baller but chester is a really stupid name lmao ( no disrespect)

39. William McKinley, I think the Mc-names are copouts presidential sounding wise, ads an unneeded syllable.

38. Herbert Hoover, sir your name is a vacuum now also two syllable so higher

37. James K Polk (Napoleon of the stump) Cool tmbg song, two first names, higher cause polk is uncommon and middle initial.

36. Millard Filmore, honestly just alright. two syllable rule works in favor, but filmore is a NERD ASS name.

35. John Quincy Adams, a different adams. I like the name quincy

34. William Henry Harrison, Trying too hard to sound presidential, nice name but the three two three just doesnt flow.

33.Calvin Coolidge. Alright two syllable rule, this name has two or more syllables in BOTH names, adding much more authority. Calvin is the name of that tiger kid BUT coolidge is so goddamn swag.

32. Andrew Jackson, two syllable rule, two first names but first names that fit together well.

31. Benjamin Harrison. Solid name. Benjamin is not all that respectable but harrison is, solid last name.

30. William H. Taft. I like that Middle initial, but that last name? Get out of here, so cool. points off for william, unoriginal.

29. Franklin D. Roosevelt. copied the cooler roosevelt, still one of the best last names. Anyone I can call frank does not scream authority, but rather respectable low ranking construction worker who loves his wife and kids a lot and is a really great guy when you get down to it.

28. James A. Garfield. Thats a caaaat. Middle Initial and Garfield is inherently funny to me. would be higher without orange lasagna feline

27. James Buchanan. That last name though, First name boring, But Buchanan? Awesome. they all called him Mr Buchanan, nobody called this mf james

26. Zachary Taylor. Honestly despite being so high up, this one is not too presidential. I just really think this name fucks hard so honorary president points.

25. Grover Cleveland, I like this guy, two non consecutive terms? Swag name as well.

24. Thomas Jefferson, Classic name, good name, strong name. Though just cause you could call this man tommy its knocked down.

23. George Washington. I do not like the name george but come on. Washington is the most presidential word in the english language.

22. Grover Cleveland, Haha i did the joke where he is in here twice. because of his non consecutive terms

21. Harry S. Truman. Middle Initial, two syllable rule. Good president name. Harry though? could do better, how about Harrier? would be much higher if was that, more syllables= more president.

20. Joseph R. Biden. Name shortened to Joe, which is average, but that R initial and the fact that Biden is a very uncommon last name is pretty good in his favor.

19.George Bush, George is a bad first name for this list but i dont know the bush just screams president name.

18.George W. Bush, exact same as previous but middle initial.

17. Jimmy Carter. Carter is VERY professional last name, Jimmy not so much. Carter does lots of heavy lifting in this arrangement.

16. Ronald Reagan. Two syllables, Reagan is a nice name. would be higher but i dont like the guy.

15. Richard M. Nixon. Nixon, great last name. thats all

14. Gerald R. Ford. Dont like ford, but Gerald is a baller first name, very authoritative, and that R initial is pretty nice too.

13. Dwight D. Eisenhower. That last name is probably my third favorite overall last name, though dwight is bringing it down a bit.

12. Lyndon B. Johnson. Very nice name, rolls off the tongue well.

11. Bill Clinton. I like bill cause Bill is like the dollar bill and that last name works hard too.

10. John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Such a good name. we getting into the good ones one.

9. Barack Obama. Obama is just a fun word to say. Obama. Obama. read it out loud it flows very nice. Barack is cool too.

8. Woodrow Wilson. Fucking Woodrow. that name fucks hard. perfect early 20th name.

7. Andrew Johnson. Like jackson's name, but better.

6. Theodore Roosevelt. the better Roosevelt. Theodore is just a good name all around.

5. Martin Van Buren. Put van Buren on a nice first name like Gerald, and that would take the cake, but martin is just an average name, keeping him out of the big boys. the top 3.

4. Hard Decision but Rutherford B. Hayes is number 4. Incredibly hard name, so good, but the others just smack it out of the park with presidentiality

3. Warren G. Harding. Initially what i considered by top pick, usurped by the other two. This name is so good. Two syllable rule, uncommonness of first and last, as well as the G initial being very nice to look at. supreme pick.

2. Ulysses S. Grant. This fucking name hoo boy. Ulysses is possibly the hardest first name ever. So fucking good, Middle initial, but the last name grant is just ever so slightly holding it back. but the real winner was never a question

Abraham Motherfucking Lincoln. The best name anyone has ever had. I don't feel the need to elaborate. this man's name is the most fucking bad ass name, even his nickname, which as you saw knocked some people out, is so fucking good. toppest tier name. Goodnight now.

[gefdreamsofthesea]

Astrology meme facebook page I follow: here are the sun/moon combos of every U.S. President

Me: ....of course 45 is a fucking Gemini

(Sorry Geminis, I just have two many awful Geminis in my life)

Capricorns get Millard Filmore, Andrew Johnson, Woodrow Wilson, and.....Nixon

[raystakes]

Re-Nomination Pt.2

The next example comes from Martin Van Buren, who after winning in 1836 and losing in 1840, would not be nominated in 1844 (the oft-forgotten James K. Polk, who swore to serve only one term). However, upon Polk's said refusal to serve a second term, Van Buren was drafted as the 1848 nominee for the Free Soil party, a predecessor to the Republican Party whose single major issue was opposing the westward expansion of slavery. He would win a paltry 10% of the popular vote.

This next one's sort of a technicality- Millard Filmore would serve as president from 1850-53, due to the untimely death of Whig president Zachary Taylor two years into his term. While not nominated in 1852, he would be the nominee for the largely weakened Whig party (most of their liberal wing had left for the nascent Republican party, leaving them with nativists and not much else) in the 1856 election. The Whigs, once a dominant force in American politics, secured 21% of the popular vote. It's also worth mentioning that the candidacy of Filmore would act as a 'spoiler' for the Republicans' John Fremont (known today as a hugely controversial figure, being directly responsible for multiple massacres of Indigenous peoples in California during the 1840's) , allowing largely ineffective Democrat James Buchanan to secure the presidency.

Just a little fun interjection- the 1872 election was pretty interesting, as the Dems agreed to just nominate Horace Greeley, who had already been nominated by the splinter Liberal Republican party. Greeley would then die just days after the vote, meaning that even if he had won, he would have been unfit to serve (being dead).

Our next example comes with Grover Cleveland, who won the 1884 election on the Democratic ticket, then would lose in the Electoral College whilst winning the popular vote in 1888, then pull out a miracle and be re-nominated AGAIN in 1892, and win it- thus making him the only president (so far) to serve two non-consecutive terms.

1896 would see the Democrats nominate famed right-wing populist William Jennings Bryan, who would lose due to alienating mainline conservatives with his financial proposals. However, in an eerie rematch, 1900 saw both candidates be the same, with both candidates essentially re-enacting what had happened four years prior. Bryan was convincing and charismatic, but his fiscal ideas didn't catch, and he lost by almost the exact same percentage of voters. Jennings wouldn't be nominated in 1904, where fellow charismatic populist Theodore Roosevelt (Republican) would dominate the popular vote. However, come 1908, Roosevelt was no longer the nominee, and Bryan would be nominated as the Democratic choice once again- only to lose yet again. Bryan would later go on to be famous for his anti-evolution activism in the 1910's and 20's.

Whoo, this is going to need a part 3.

[miesvanderho]

kinda weird that its called charles de gaulle and not the millard filmore

[rjhamster]

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[andthentheywilleatthestars]

Kiss Marry Kill: Miley Cyrus, Millard Filmore, Zoe Saldaña

Marry Zoe Saldana, Kiss Miley Cyrus, Kill Millard Filmore

[rainbowlack]

milfard spillmore

[claudia1829things]

TIME MACHINE: Compromise of 1850

TIME MACHINE: COMPROMISE OF 1850 One hundred and seventy years ago marked the passage of the controversial document, the Compromise of 1850. The document was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850. These bills were used to defuse a political confrontation between slave and free states on the status of territories acquired after the Mexican–American War.

A new debate over slavery in the territories had erupted during the Mexican–American War. Many Southerners sought to expand slavery to the newly-acquired lands and many Northerners, wary of economic competition with slave owners in the West, opposed any such expansion. The new state of Texas’ claim to all former Mexican territory north and east of the Rio Grande, including areas that had never been effectively controlled, further complicated the debate. These issues prevented the passage of acts to create organized territorial governments for the land acquired during the recent war – lands that included the present-day states of California, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada and western Colorado. In early 1850, with the assistance of Democrat Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois, Whig Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky had proposed a package of bills that would settle the more important issues before Congress. His proposals included: *The cession by Texas of some of its northern and western territorial claims in return for debt relief * The establishment of New Mexico and Utah territories *Admission of California as a free state *A ban on the importation of slaves into the District of Columbia (Washington D.C.) for sale *A tougher fugitive slave law Clay had originally favored voting on each of his proposals separately. However, Democrat Senator Henry S. Foote of Mississippi convinced him to combine the proposals regarding California's admission and the disposition of Texas's borders into one bill. Both Clay and Foote hoped this combination of measures would convince congressmen from both North and South to support the overall package of laws even if they objected to specific provisions. Clay's proposal had attracted the support of some Northern Democrats and Southern Whigs like Douglas and Vice-President Millard Fillmore. But the proposal lacked the backing necessary to win passage. President Zachary Taylor opposed the proposal and wanted both California and New Mexico to be admitted as free states. Democrat Senator John C. Calhoun of South Carolina and some other Southern leaders argued that the compromise was biased against the South because it would lead to the creation of new free states. Not long after expressing his opposition to the proposal, Calhoun died at the end of March. Northern politicians like Whig Senator William H. Seward of New York opposed the pro-slavery elements of the Compromise, especially a new fugitive slave law. During a speech on the Senate floor on March 11, 1850, Seward invoked a "higher law than the Constitution" argument to express his opposition against Clay’s proposals. The debate over Clay’s proposal led to verbal sparring between Vice-President Fillmore and Democrat Senator Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri (who opposed the pro-slavery elements of the proposal) over Texas’s borders. During the pair’s debate, Senator Foote drew a pistol on Benton. In early June, nine slaveholding Southern states sent delegates to the Nashville Convention to determine their course of action if the compromise passed. Some delegates preached secession, while the moderates ruled and proposed a series of compromises that included extending the Missouri Compromise of 1820’s dividing line to the Pacific Coast. The situation took a major turn when President Taylor suddenly died on July 9, 1850. His death led Fillmore to become the 13th President of the United States and the end of presidential opposition to the proposals. The individual proposals were initially introduced as one "omnibus" bill. Despite Clay's efforts, the bill failed to pass during a crucial vote on July 31, 1850. It was opposed by southern Democrats and by northern Whigs. Clay announced his intention to pass each part of the bill on the Senate floor the following day. However, the 73-year-old Clay became physically exhausted from the effects of tuberculosis, which would eventually kill him nearly two years later. After Senator Clay left the Senate to recuperate in Newport, Rhode Island; Senator Stephen A. Douglas took the lead in attempting to pass Clay's proposals through the Senate. Instead of presenting Clay's proposals as one bill, Douglas ensured that the proposals were presented as separate bills: *The Fillmore Administration and the Senate would deny Texas's claims to New Mexico, asserting that the United States had promised to protect the territorial integrity of New Mexico in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. However, the compromise would allow the United States to assume Texas's debts and set the state's northern border at the 36° 30' parallel north (the Missouri Compromise line) and much of its western border followed the 103rd meridian. *California would be admitted as a free state on September 9, 1850. *The Territories of New Mexico and Utah would be organized under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. *The nation's capital, Washington D.C., would cease to become a major center for the domestic slave trade. However, slavery would continue to exist within its borders. Although all Southern politicians opposed this proposal, they were eventually outvoted. *A new fugitive slave law would be created in the form of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. Enacted on September 8, 1850; this new law would enforce Federal judicial officials in all states and Federal territories, including those states and territories in which slavery was prohibited, to assist with the return of escaped slaves to their masters from those states and territories that permitted slavery. Anyone who refused to assist in the capture of fugitive slaves or assisted a fugitive would be liable to a steep fine or imprisonment. By September 1850, both the United States Senate and House of Representatives managed to form an agreement over all major issues and voted for the passage of the new Compromise of 1850. President Fillmore signed four of the proposals, with the exception of the Fugitive Slave Act. He signed that into law after Attorney General John J. Crittenden assured him that the law was constitutional. Many historians argue that the Compromise of 1850 had played a major role in postponing the American Civil War by at least a decade. However, one element of the new compromise - the establishment of the Fugitive Slave Act - led to legal abuses regarding the pursuit of fugitive slaves and the safety of free blacks throughout the country. The new law also led to growing support of the abolition movement and the re-opening of the slavery issue. This led to the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, a law drafted by Stephen Douglas that would help inflame the slavery issue until the eve of the U.S. Civil War.

[tfoleyillustration]

More Presidential Illustrations in honor ofr President’s Day on Monday of this week. The more obscure early presidents from Taylor to Buchanan, and then I have several illustrations of Abraham Lincoln to dig out of the archives. Some of these are from Cobblestone and Cricket Magazine, and then another recent one from the ‘Constitution book’ that I just finished up recently. More Lincoln to come...

[sonofhistory]

U.S. Presidents, youngest picture and oldest picture compared: 

11) James K. Polk (1795-1849): date unknown and mid 1840s

12) Zachary Taylor (1784-1850): 1847 and 1845

13) Millard Filmore (1800-1874): date unknown and early 1860s

14) Franklin Pierce (1804-1869): date unknown and 1851

15) James Buchanan (1791-1868): date unknown and 1860

Presidents: #1-5, #6-10

[margaretamelia]

I’m reading this book, Accidental Presidents (Cohen), and am currently on the chapter about Millard Fillmore where he signed the Fugitive Slave Act —deeming it lawful to recapture those that had fled from bondage a decade prior(much to his own moral chagrin)...and I’m thinking about how no matter how shitty our government might be at the present—at least it isn’t 1850....but also considering how this kind of complicit action is exactly how the worst snowballs form. Nutshell: Accidental Presidents is an interesting book.