Millard Fillmore sworn is as 13th US president

On this day in US history, Vice President Millard Fillmore was sworn in as the 13th president of the United States on July 10, 1850. Days after falling ill around the July 4th holiday, President Zachary Taylor would die five days later due to that intestinal ailment. Fillmore would become only the second man to inherit the presidency following the death of a president, the first being John Tyler. During Filmore’s only term as president, he passed controversial laws such as the Fugitive Slave Act and one-sided treaties that forced Native Americans off their ancestral lands. Millions of Native Americans would die from disease, starvation, and conflict with militias funded by the government due to these laws.