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Apr 2, 2024 · Franklin Pierce (born November 23, 1804, Hillsboro, New Hampshire, U.S.—died October 8, 1869, Concord, New Hampshire) was the 14th president of the United States (1853–57). He failed to deal effectively with the corroding sectional controversy over slavery in the decade preceding the American Civil War (1861–65).
Apr 2, 2014 · Famous Political Figures. U.S. Presidents. Franklin Pierce, the 14th president of the United States, signed the Kansas-Nebraska Act, prompting a bloody conflict over Kansas' slavery status....
Franklin Pierce | The White House. The biography for President Pierce and past presidents is courtesy of the White House Historical Association. Franklin Pierce became 14th President of the...
Franklin Pierce - White House Historical Association. Franklin Pierce became president at a time of what seemed on the surface like domestic tranquility. The United States, by virtue of the Compromise of 1850, seemed to have weathered its sectional storm.
Feb 2, 2023 · Franklin Pierce (1804–1869) was the 14th President of the United States. He was a native of New Hampshire who sympathized with Southern views on slavery based on the wording of the U.S. Constitution. As a result, he alienated anti-slavery groups by signing the Kansas–Nebraska Act and enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act. Franklin Pierce.
Franklin Pierce, (born Nov. 23, 1804, Hillsboro, N.H., U.S.—died Oct. 8, 1869, Concord, N.H.), 14th president of the U.S. (1853–57). He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1833 to 1837 and in the Senate from 1837 to 1842.
Scholarly essays, speeches, photos, and other resources on Franklin Pierce, the 14th US president (1853-1857), including information about his dark-horse candidacy, slavery, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
