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Did the Whig Party select Millard Fillmore as a presidential candidate in 1849?
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∙ 10y ago
Fillmore was not nominated by the Whigs in 1852. He was a strong candidate for the nomination, being favored by the Southern delegates, but General Winfield Scott eventually won the nomination on the 53th ballot.
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∙ 10y agoNo. 1849 was not an election year. Besides that, the Whigs never nominated for Fillmore President. They ran Winfield Scott in 1852.
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