- Member of New York State Assembly, 1828-31
- Member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1833-35
- Member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1837-45
- Comptroller of New York, 1847
- Vice President, 1849-1850
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- after Fillmore's term, he became the chancellor
of the University of Buffalo
- the first president to have a stepmother
- the White House's first library, bathtub and
kitchen stove were installed by the Fillmores
- refused an honorary degree from Oxford University
because he felt he had "neither literary nor
scientific attainment"
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