Millard Fillmore
THIRTEENTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
1850–1853
November 28, 1854 letter from Millard Fillmore to Rev. Benjamin
Franklin Tefft commenting favorably on Tefft’s new book
Webster
and his Masterpieces
, a biography of Daniel Webster.
Millard Fillmore (1800
–
1874) became President in 1850 upon the
death of Zachary Taylor. One of his first acts in office was to appoint
Daniel Webster as Secretary of State. Benjamin Franklin Tefft (1813–
1885) was a Methodist minister, author, educator, college president,
and United States diplomat.
