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Abigail Powers Fillmore 1798-1853 Born: Stillwater, NY Married: Millard Fillmore, 1826 Children: Mary, Millard First Lady: 1850-1853: Abigail Fillmore is perhaps best remembered for starting the first library in the White House. Apparently, this former school teacher considered the absence of books in the Executive Mansion to be a grave omission.
In 1847, Fillmore was elected state comptroller; with the children away in boarding school and college, the parents moved temporarily to Albany. In 1849, Abigail Fillmore came to Washington as wife of the Vice President; 16 months later, after Zachary Taylor's death at a height of sectional crisis, the Fillmores moved into the White House.
Abigail Powers Fillmore had first met husband President Millard Fillmore when he was her student, and as a teacher she had been the first First Lady to have held a job after marriage. During her time as a First Lady (1850-1853), she made certain the White House had a music room and three pianos, and she further made additions to the White House library.
31 de jan. de 2024 · This dry but short biography of Millard Fillmore barely mentions Abigail. It is mostly about Fillmore’s political failings as the Civil War looms, and the author doesn’t mince words at his disdain for Fillmore’s misguided leadership.
Abigail Powers Fillmore (nata die 13 Martii 1798 in Stillwater, Saratoga County, Novum Eboracum – mortuaest die 30 Martii 1853) Milvardi Fillmore uxor, tertii decimi praesidis Civitatum Foederatarum Americae, fuit ergo a die 10 Iulii 1850 usque ad 4 Martii 1853 prima reipublicae domina.
Abigail Powers Fillmore. First of First Ladies to hold a job after marriage, Abigail Fillmore was helping her husband's career. She was also revealing her most striking personal characteristic: eagerness to learn and pleasure in teaching others. She was born in Saratoga County, New York, in 1798, while it was still on the fringe of civilization.
Abigail Fillmore, wife of President Millard Fillmore, was the first lady of the United States from 1850 to 1853. She began work as a schoolteacher at the age of 16, where she took on Millard Fillmore, who was two years her junior, as a student. She continued her teaching work after their marriage in 1826 until the birth of her son Millard Powers Fillmore in 1828. She lived in Buffalo, New York ...
