How a lame duck president signed Washington Territory's birth certificate on Inauguration Eve
How a lame duck president signed Washington Territory’s birth certificate on Inauguration Eve January 20, 2021 at 12:20 pm President Millard Fillmore was a lameduck when he signed legislation creating Washington Territory on March 2, 1853 -- two days before Franklin Pierce was inaugurated. (Library of Congress) It was on March 2, 1853 – two days before the presidential inauguration of Pierce County namesake Franklin Pierce – when lame duck President Millard Fillmore si...
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