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Medal Name: Thirteenth President of the United States of America
Struck for: President Millard Fillmore
OBVERSE
MILLARD FILLMORE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 1850.
Undraped bust of President Fillmore, facing the right.
REVERSE
LABOR VIRTUE HONOR.
A pioneer from the far West, his left hand on a plough share, explains to an Indian chief the benefits of civilization, of which he wishes him to partake.
The American flag envelops both in its folds.
In the background is a farm-house.
BACKGROUND
Millard Fillmore was born at Summerhill, Cayuga County, New York, January 7, 1800. He began the study of law in 1819, and was admitted to the bar to practise as an attorney in 1827; was counsellor in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, 1829; and settled in Buffalo, 1830. He was a member of the State Legislature, 1829-1831; member of Congress, 1832-1834, and again, 1837-1841; comptroller of the State of New York, 1847; vice-president of the United States, 1849, and President on the death of General Taylor (June 10), 1850-1853. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the Presidency in 1856, and died in Buffalo, New York, March 8, 1874.
Source: The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by J. F. Loubat, LL.D. (1878)