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    Franklin Pierce

    President of the United States from 1853 to 1857

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  1. Franklin Pierce (November 23, 1804 – October 8, 1869) was an American politician who served as the 14th president of the United States from 1853 to 1857. A northern Democrat who believed that the abolitionist movement was a fundamental threat to the nation's unity, he alienated anti-slavery groups by signing the Kansas–Nebraska Act and ...

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    Oct 29, 2009 · Franklin Pierce’s Early Life and Career . Born on November 23, 1804, in Hillsborough, New Hampshire, Franklin Pierce was the son of Benjamin Pierce, a hero of the American Revolution who was ...

  3. May 9, 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).

  4. 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...

  5. 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....

  6. The presidency of Franklin Pierce began on March 4, 1853, when Franklin Pierce was inaugurated, and ended on March 4, 1857. Pierce, a Democrat from New Hampshire, took office as the 14th United States president after routing Whig Party nominee Winfield Scott in the 1852 presidential election.

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  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

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