Two Months After Assuming Office, President Fillmore Must Deal With Office-Seekers
"...I beg leave to assure you that your application shall receive due consideration.”.
On July 9, 1850, President Taylor died in office and Vice President Fillmore ascended to the Executive Mansion. He was soon besieged by office-seekers, an occupational hazard for presidents in the days before the civil service. Here is how Fillmore dealt with them.
Letter Signed as President, Washington, September 23, 1850, to...
On July 9, 1850, President Taylor died in office and Vice President Fillmore ascended to the Executive Mansion. He was soon besieged by office-seekers, an occupational hazard for presidents in the days before the civil service. Here is how Fillmore dealt with them.
Letter Signed as President, Washington, September 23, 1850, to O.S. Phelps. “Yours of the 16th inst. in reference to your appointment to some office in California has been received, and in acknowledging it, I beg leave to assure you that your application shall receive due consideration.” It does not appear that Phelps received his appointment, so this was Fillmore’s way of giving him the polite brush-off.

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