Fillmore Administration - Fillmore and Congress
Fillmore and Congress
Millard Fillmore presided over the Thirty-first Congress, which was sitting when he took office, and the Thirty-second Congress, which was elected in 1850. In both of these sessions the Democratic Party had the majority. President Fillmore had some political experience, so even though he was a Whig, he was able to work with the opposition party. The best example of this was the enactment of the Compromise of 1850. Another evidence of bipartisanship is the fact that he is one of the few presidents who never exercised the veto. Some of the congressional leaders with whom Fillmore had to work included Henry Clay of Kentucky, Jefferson Davis of Mississippi, Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois, and Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylvania.
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