A history of the United States . William H. Seward.[By courtesy of G. P. Putnams Sons.] 310 TAYLOR AND FILLMORE, 1849-1858. [§ 396 New York, who had led with great ability the opposition tothe Compromise. Taylor did not have a strong Cabinet, and was untrained as astatesman, but heshowed, in his shortadministration, greatcommon sense andfirmness, and, had helived, might have pre-vailed on Congress toaxlopt a policy toward(California less tortu-ous than that involvedin Clays ,^ who suc-ceeded to the Presi-dency, although a goodman, was not a strongone, and had not beenon frie
A history of the United States . William H. Seward.[By courtesy of G. P. Putnams Sons.] 310 TAYLOR AND FILLMORE, 1849-1858. [§ 396 New York, who had led with great ability the opposition tothe Compromise. Taylor did not have a strong Cabinet, and was untrained as astatesman, but heshowed, in his shortadministration, greatcommon sense andfirmness, and, had helived, might have pre-vailed on Congress toaxlopt a policy toward(California less tortu-ous than that involvedin Clays ,^ who suc-ceeded to the Presi-dency, although a goodman, was not a strongone, and had not beenon friendly terms withhis fellow New Yorker,Seward. In makingup his Cabinet, hemade Webster Secretary of State in place of Clayton, of Dela-ware, and leaned upon the former for advice. The policy of. Millard Fillmore. United States Senate, 1849; became prominent as an anti-slavery leader; deliv-ered famous speeches on Higher Law, and on Irrepressible Conflict, 1858;was Lincolns chief rival for the Republican nomination in 1860; Secretary ofState under Lincoln and Johnson, 1861-1809; was wounded by conspirators atthe time of Lincolns assassination; opposed Reconstruction by Congress;secured the cession of Alaska, 1867. 1 Born in New York, 1800; died, 1874. Worked on a farm and as an ap-prentice ; studied law; admitted to the bar in Erie County, 1823; sent to legis-lature, 1828; removed to Buffalo in 1830, and won reputation as a lawyer; inCongress, 1832-1834, 1836-1842; largely instrumental in framing and passingtariff of 1842; defeated for governor of New York, 1844; comptroller of Stateof New York, 1847-1849; elected Vice President, 1848; became President,July 10,1850; failed of re-nomination and retired from politics, 1852. § 398J THE COMPROMISE OF 1850. 311 the administratiou
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