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- noun metaphorical a little-known, unremarkable, insignificant, and/or forgettable political figure (a reference to the 13th President of the United States, who is often considered to be the most insignificant of the United States' presidents)
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Examples
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Queen Victoria called Millard Fillmore the handsomest man she had ever met.
Tough Job, Wrong Man Fergus M. Bordewich 2011
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Those who became president because the serving president died in office or, in one case, resigned are still remembered, such as Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, Teddy Roosevelt and even Gerald Ford, but since the founding era, veeps rarely got elected without that advantage.
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Hayes and Millard Fillmore is that nobody knows anything about Rutherford B.
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Beginning with Millard Fillmore in 1850, the financial history of the presidency entered a new era.
The Net Worth Of Every American President, From Washington To Obama: 24/7 Wall Street 2011
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When it came to pass that John Boehner would assume the speakership, one would have thought the party was inheriting Millard Fillmore.
The Building Blocks of a GOP Agenda Daniel Henninger 2011
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Hayes or Millard Fillmore -- they all deserve credit.
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Presidents such as James Buchanan and Millard Fillmore and all the rest are now little more than answers to trivia quizzes for those of us who aren't historians.
Chris Weigant: Our Forgotten "Presidents" Chris Weigant 2011
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Millard Fillmore 1850-1853, $4 Million, Neither Fillmore nor his wife had significant inheritance.
The Net Worth Of Every American President, From Washington To Obama: 24/7 Wall Street 2011
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Presidents such as James Buchanan and Millard Fillmore and all the rest are now little more than answers to trivia quizzes for those of us who aren't historians.
Chris Weigant: Our Forgotten "Presidents" Chris Weigant 2011
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"But on the central issues of the age," Mr. Finkelman writes at the end of "Millard Fillmore," "his vision was myopic and his legacy is worse."
Tough Job, Wrong Man Fergus M. Bordewich 2011
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