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<p>In this book Elbert B. Smith disagrees sharply with traditional interpretations of Taylor and Fillmore, the twelfth and thirteenth presidents (from 1848 to 1853). He argues persuasively that the slaveholding Taylor&#151;and not John C. Calhoun&#151;was the realistic defender of southern slaveholding interests, and that Taylor did nothing to impede the Compromise of 1850. While Taylor opposed the combination of the issues into a single compromise bill that could not be passed without ammendments to suit the extremists, he would have approved the different parts of the Compromise that were ultimately passed as separate measures.<P> Most historians have written that Taylor's death and Fillmore's accession led to an abrupt change in presidential policy, but Smith believes that continuity predominated. Taylor wanted the controversies debated and acted upon as separate bills. Fillmore helped to accomplish this. Taylor was ready to defend New Mexico against Texas. Fillmore ordered 750 additional troops to New Mexico and announced publicly that he would do the same. Taylor had wanted statehood for California and New Mexico with self-determination on slavery. As separate measures, the Co

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Author

Smith, Elbert B; Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State University. Libraries)

Publisher

Lawrence, Kan.: University Press of Kansas

Published

1988

Language

EN

ISBN

9780700603626

Category

history

Subjects

Memoir, Political Science, History

Rating

3.62 / 5 (26 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14