| 1800 | Millard Fillmore is born | Millard was born in New York to a somewhat poor family. They lived in a cabin and he was apprenticed to cloth makers during his childhood. |
| 1819 | A formal education | Millard never caught on to the cloth making business. At the age of nineteen he left the apprenticeship to study law under Judge Walter Wood. |
| 1825 | His own law practice | Millard Fillmore made the bar in 1824 and opened his own law practice in 1825. Shortly after that, he married his sweet heart in 1826. |
| 1830 | The New York Militia (1830's) | Fillmore continued practicing law in a successful partnership, but that wasn't his only venture. He also served in the New York Militia for many years. |
| 1831 | Debtor's Prison | Fillmore moved into politics on the New York State Assembly. One of his bigger accomplishments was eliminating the debtor's prison. |
| 1832 | US House of Representatives | Joining the Whig Party, Fillmore moved on to work in the House of Representatives. He served in some capacity until 1843. |
| 1844 | Unsuccessful run for governor | With his other successes behind him, Fillmore attempted a run for governor of the state of New York. He lost the election, but he didn't lose heart. |
| 1846 | University of Buffalo | Fillmore continued his success, and he eventually helped found the University of Buffalo, which is still open today. |
| 1848 | A run for Vice-President | Zachary Taylor was the Whig candidate for president, and because this upset several people, the party sought to balance the ticket. They nominated Millard Fillmore to run as vice-president, which would balance out Taylor's views. |
| 1849 | An Election Win | Taylor won the presidency, making Millard Fillmore an American vice-president. |
| 1850 | The Compromise of 1850 | When Taylor died, he left Fillmore in the middle of the tense slavery debate. Fillmore sought to pass the Compromise of 1850, but he faced much opposition. |
| September 1850 | A win for Fillmore | After splitting the Compromise into five separate bills, Congress passed it and Fillmore signed them into law. |
| 1850 | Utah Territory | Fillmore kept Utah as a federal territory, and he appointed Brigham Young as its first governor. This kept the large Mormon population content. |
| 1852 | A run for president | Fillmore was unsure as to whether he should officially run for president for a second term, and he finally decided to go ahead, but he lost out the nomination and left office in 1853. He made another run in 1856 and again lost. |
| 1874 | Fillmore's death | Millard Fillmore died at the age of 73 of a stroke. |
