Background
Known familiarly as "Powers", he was born in Aurora, New New York He studied law in his father"s office and attended Harvard. He served as his father"s private secretary during the latter"s presidency.
Known familiarly as "Powers", he was born in Aurora, New New York He studied law in his father"s office and attended Harvard. He served as his father"s private secretary during the latter"s presidency.
Harvard University.
After practicing law in Buffalo, New York, he was appointed a federal court clerk. After the death of his mother, his father married Caroline Carmichael McIntosh. A union which Millard Powers Fillmore reportedly never accepted.
His will directed that all his family correspondence (including that with his father) be burned, the motive for which was the subject of much speculation.