Abigail Fillmore Research Paper

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In my childhood my family and I grew up poor in Moravia, New York. I was born on January 2nd 1800. When I turned 15 my father started mentoring me in his cloth shop. I was taught that to earn to earn money you must work hard. My father, Nathaniel Fillmore and my mother Phoebe Fillmore loved me very much. Ever since I was young I loved to read.One thing you might not know is that I married my teacher Mrs. Abigail Fillmore. Abigail and I had had 2 kids 1 boy and 1 girl.

Before I was president I was a lawyer, statesman, and politician. I served from 1850 to 1853. I was president as part of the whig party. I only served 3 years in my first term because I filled in for Zachary Taylor when he died. I oversaw the Compromise of 1850 which is what

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