On This Date In POTUS History
- 1856 At the American Party convention former president Millard Fillmore was selected as their candidate for president.
- 1870 Grant's nominee to the Supreme Court, William Strong, confirmed by the Senate.
- 1893 Benjamin Harrison's nominee to the Supreme Court, Howell Edmunds Jackson, confirmed by the Senate.
POTUS Quote
“America’s present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration.”
