VP Beast Butler?

[RJNorton]

(12-22-2014 07:02 AM)HerbS Wrote:  Roger,Fillmore is still considered a"joke" in New York Satate history!

Herb, I know next to nothing about Fillmore. I have read one less book about him than Tom. I checked to see how he reacted to Lincoln's inaugural train and also his funeral train. On the inaugural journey Fillmore welcomed the president-elect to Buffalo with a hearty handshake. It was quite the scene. Crowds of onlookers surged forward to get a closer view of the two men as they walked from the train. The disorder was so great that one gentleman had his ribs fractured and another (Major David Hunter) came away from the confusion with a dislocated arm/shoulder. Later Lincoln spoke to the people of Buffalo from the hotel's balcony, and the next morning he attended services at the Unitarian Church as Fillmore's guest.

Fillmore was again gracious when the funeral train came through. He and other members of the Buffalo Reception Committee boarded the train at Batavia and rode it to Buffalo.