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Abigail Powers Fillmore (March 13, 1798 – March 30, 1853), was the wife of Millard Fillmore, the 13th President of the United States.She acted as the First Lady of the United States from 1850 to 1853.. She was born in Saratoga County, New York.Her father’s name was Lemuel Powers. Her father died shortly after her birth. After this, her mother moved away westward to less settled area.
Abigail Powers Fillmore came from hardscrabble beginnings. Her minister father died when she was a small child and left behind a singular possession: his library. Mr. Powers gifted his daughter his books, and she went on to devote her life to learning.As a young schoolteacher, Abigail Powers fell in love with one of her students, nineteen-year-old Millard Fillmore, who was
Abigail Fillmore had not yet come to the White House when, on 1 September 1850, the President received a response from the Librarian of Congress to his August inquiry of an estimate for a reference library ($2,500) or on 6 September 1850 when such funding was first proposed to Congress and rejected.
Abigail Fillmore (1798-1853) was the wife of Millard Fillmore (1800-74), the 13th president of the United States. She was first lady during Fillmore's one term in office, from 1850 to 1853. Born in upstate New York, she was by profession a public school teacher. She had two children. The image is from an album of mostly Civil War-era portraits by the famous American photographer Matthew Brady ...
31 de may. de 2023 · Abigail Powers Fillmore (1798–1853), a former schoolteacher, was married to New York lawyer and former Congressman Millard Fillmore (1800–1874), Taylor's vice president and successor. Jane Means Appleton Pierce (1806–1863), a New Hampshire gentlewoman, was wedded to attorney and former US Senator Franklin Pierce (1804–1869), who served one full term as president...
Abigail Fillmore (née Abigail Powers le 13 mars 1798 à Stillwater dans l'État de New York - morte le 30 mars 1853 à Washington, D.C.) est l'épouse de Millard Fillmore, vice-président puis président des États-Unis.Elle est ainsi successivement Deuxième dame en 1849 puis Première dame des États-Unis entre 1850 et 1853.. La réalisation la plus remarquable d'Abigail en tant que ...
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.
