Millard Fillmore (Janairu 7, 1800 - Maris 8, 1874) shi ne Shugaba na 13 na Amurka. Ya kuma kasance shugaban ƙasa daga shekarar 1850 zuwa shekarar 1853. Shi ne Shugaban Whig na ƙarshe, kuma Shugaba na ƙarshe wanda ba Dimokuradiyya ko Republican ba.
Fillmore ya zama shugaban ƙasa a 1850 lokacin da shugaban da ya gabata, Zachary Taylor, ya mutu. Jam'iyyar Whig ba ta zaɓe shi ya yi takarar shugaban kasa a 1852 ba. Ya tsaya takarar shugaban ƙasa a 1856 ga Jam’iyyar Amurka, amma ya faɗi.
Rayuwar farko
Millard Fillmore ya girma ne a cikin gidan talakawa. Ya yi aiki tuƙuru don yin kyau a makaranta, kuma ya tafi kwaleji. Ya sami aiki a matsayin lauya a 1823. A cikin 1828 an zabe shi don kasancewa wani ɓangare na taron majalisar New York, kuma ya sami abokai a cikin Whig Party. Wannan ya taimaka masa ya sami damar tsayawa takarar mataimakin shugaban ƙasa a shekarar 1848.
Shugabancin ƙasa
Lokacin da yake mataimakin shugaban ƙasa, Millard Fillmore ya kasance mai kula da majalisar dattijan Amurka yayin da take fada kan yanke shawara game da bautar da ta shafi Texas da New Mexico.
Lokacin da ya zama shugaban ƙasa, batun bautar ya kasance mai tsananin gaske (har zuwa inda jihohin kudu ke dab da zabar rashin kasancewa wani ɓangare na Amurka kuma).
Fillmore ya sanya hannu kan Yarjejeniyar ta 1850 (dokoki biyar wadanda zasu kwantar da batun bautar ta hanyar farantawa jihohin arewa da jihohin kudu rai). Kodayake, Yarjejeniyar ta 1850 ya sanya jihohin arewa da jihohin kudu sun daidaita, zaman lafiya bai dore ba har abada. A ƙarshen 1850s arewa da kudu sun daina jituwa.
An sanya California wani ɓangare na Amurka a ranar 9 ga Satumba, 1850. Ya zama jiha ta 31.
Shawarar da ya yanke na sanya hannu kan Yarjejeniyar ta 1850 ya sa yawancin mutane a cikin Jam'iyar sa ta Whig sun bata masa rai. Sun hana shi tsayawa takarar shugaban ƙasa a 1852.
Ya fara dakin karatu na farko a Fadar White House.
Bayan kasancewarsa shugaban ƙasa
Bayan Fillmore, Franklin Pierce ya zama shugaba na 14. Fillmore ya sami aiki a matsayin mai kula da Jami'ar Buffalo. Fillmore ya shiga Jam’iyyar San-Babu kuma ya yi kokarin sake tsayawa takarar shugaban kasa, amma Jam’iyyar san komai ba ta yi nasara sosai.
Akwai mutum-mutumin Millard Fillmore a City Hall a Buffalo, New York.
