Elektratig recounts President Zachary Taylor’s death, and Millard Fillmore’s swearing in as the 13th president, in deeper and more interesting detail than I had.
Bookmark that site, social studies teachers: It’s a great site for details on Millard Fillmore that your students won’t find easily anywhere else — and on Zachary Taylor, and on politics and history in general in the two decades prior to the Civil War. Go see: “Zachary Taylor is no more!”





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July 22, 2009 at 6:11 am
Ed,
It’s been a little hectic, so I just saw your post. Thanks!
July 17, 2009 at 11:04 am
Yes, but what does David Barton have to say about Millard Fillmore? (That’s what Texas teachers will need to know — see
http://curricublog.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/tx-experts-social-studies/ )
Anyway, I just thought I’d drop a note that somebody reached my blog today by searching on “strengths and weaknesses of Millard Fillmore.” Things in Texas come together in mysterious ways, it seems.
July 17, 2009 at 10:47 am
Right on! Its a tough period to teach and get kids real psyched about without being a little creative.. This is great, thanks!