Vice President Fillmore Elected Chancellor

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Summary

Vice President Millard Fillmore, an ex officio member of the Board of Regents, is elected Chancellor. The Chancellor is the presiding officer of the Board of Regents. He is elected by the board, and his tenure of office is unlimited.

Subject

  • Fillmore, Millard 1800-1874
  • Board of Regents
  • Chancellor of the Smithsonian Board of Regents
  • United States. Office of the Vice President

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

  • Goode, George Brown, ed. The Smithsonian Institution, 1846-1896, The History of Its First Half Century. Washington, D.C.: De Vinne Press, 1897, p. 834.
  • Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Vol. 43. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1901, p. 1856.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

March 7, 1849

Topic

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