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...John Tyler annexed Texas, which precipitated war with Mexico....
...(In case you have forgotten your history, these were John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, Chester Arthur, Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, Harry Truman and Lyndon B Johnson.)...
...Later, as a teenager in the 1960s, he travelled to San Francisco for midweek shows by rock bands at the Fillmore Auditorium....
...In 1968 he played San Francisco’s Fillmore West, King remembering an audience of “long-haired white people . . . I said to myself, ‘Oh God, what do I do here?’”...
...Film-maker John Waters favours their plaid suits, though the demographic seemed to be a bit younger with a very discerning eye....
...George Pendle is the author of ‘The Remarkable Millard Fillmore: The Unbelievable Life of a Forgotten President’ (Three Rivers Press)...
...The rest of the time, he said he just spent getting stoned and watching bands at the Fillmore East rock venue....
...Untold Constitutional Legacy, by Michael Gerhardt, OUP, RRP£22.99/$34.95 An engaging and original study of US constitutional history, focusing on the eras of 13 lesser-known presidents such as Millard Fillmore...
...Mayall and Albert King that took place in 1968 at San Francisco’s Fillmore Auditorium....
...The other feckless presidents who swallowed legislation whole were Millard Fillmore, Zachary Taylor, William Henry Harrison and John Q. Adams. This is not company that Mr President Bush should keep....
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