Presidential Report Card

Presidential Report Card

Name of President: Millard Fillmore

Number of Presidency: 13th President

Years in Office: 1850-1853

In the following ten categories, grade your president from an A to an F. (You may “acknowledge” border-line grades with a – or a +).  You will need to give a 50 word justification as to why your candidate scored as they did. 

Category	Grade	Comments
Ability to handle and deal with a crisis	B	Millard Fillmore had to enter office after the death of his predecessor. He took his office with very little preparation, and I feel he did admirabley. He managed to pass many bills easily that were thought to be controversial.
Ability to work with Congress and Cabinet	C+	There was much dispute between the pro slavery groups, and the anti slavery groups. Stuck in a constant battle, he managed to get bills passed, but not without much arguing.
Character and Integrity	B	Millard Fillmore was a practical man who got along with many different backgrounds. He was also known to be practical and to never mince his words.
Education	B	Millard Fillmore was also interested in educating himself in his early life. He got and read many books, in order to make himself wiser, from an early age.
Empathy	C-	He was only for one side of the Civil War, so naturally, you can imagine he didn't get along with some people. It was hard for him to empathize with sides he didn't agree on.
Foreign Policy	B	Millard Fillmore was the first to open public trade with Japan, which was once condisered an isolated country.
Relates to the common man	C	Millard FIllmore was a pro union man, so that means, he was at least supported by half of the population during the Civil War.
Persuasiveness	B+	He effectively managed to get Japan to agre to trades, and he managed to pass an extensive list of bills that no one expected to pass.
Political Experience	B+	He was the VP for his preceeding president, and taht experience led to him to attempt to become a decent President. That prior knowledge was undoubtedely helpful.
Public speaking & Communication	B	I feel that he effectively managed to get his point acrossed, to people that didn't neccessarily see eye to eye with him