Franklin+Pierce

==__**﻿ ﻿Franklin Pierce (1804 - 1869) **__==


﻿Franklin Pierce was born on November 23rd 1804 in Hillsborough New Hampshire. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1824. Pierce was a lawyer and a public official of the Democratic party. He was elected in 1853 as the 14th president of the United states. Pierce's first lady was his wife, Jane Pierce. His cabinet was as follows: Vice President - William R. D. King, Secretary of State - William L. Marcy, Secretary of War - Jefferson Davis, Postmaster General - James Campbell, Secretary of the Interior - Robert Mclelland, Secretary of the Treasury - James Gunthrie, Attorney General - Caleb Cushing, Secretary of the Navy - James C. Dobbin. Pierce had three sons: Franklin, Frank Robert, and Benjamin. Franklin Pierce died on October 8, 1869 in Concord, New Hampshire.  ﻿ ﻿ ﻿ ﻿**Franklin Pierce contributed to America while he was president, but alot of people consider him the most dishonerable and disliked president ever. As president, his biggest contribution would be the Virginia-Nebraska Act. This Act was implimented due to the quarrells between the North and South. This Act would ultimately lead to the American civil war so, if this hadn't happened, slavery could still be alive in the US. He was also the first president to propose the purchase of the islands of Alaska and Hawaii, which are states today. Pierce also expanded American territory into Mexico to the south which is present** **day Texas. He also had alot of failures as president such as failing to understand The depth of free soil sentiment in the north. All in all, Franklin Pierce had a very turbulent presidency, and unfortunately most people only remeber the bad side and not the good side. ** __**Fun Facts **__ __**Bibliography **__  "The Presidency of Franklin Pierce." 
 * __**Franklin Pierce is the only president from New Hampshire. **__
 * __**<span style="background-color: #00ff00; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">His religious status was Episcopalian **__
 * __**<span style="background-color: #00ff00; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Pierce died under the administration of Ulysses S. Grant **__
 * __**<span style="background-color: #00ff00; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Stephan Douglas was the senator that sponsored the Kansas-Nebraska Act. **__
 * __**<span style="background-color: #00ff00; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">He was opposed in the presidential election by Winfield scott who won the states of Kentucky, Massachusetts, Tenessee, and Vermont. **__
 * __**<span style="background-color: #00ff00; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Pierce's youngest son was named after his father Benjamin. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">﻿ **__

//University Press of Kansas//. Web. 07 Mar. 2011. []. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> "American President: Franklin Pierce." //Miller Center of Public Affairs//. Web. 07 Mar. 2011. []. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> "Pierce, Franklin - Fun Facts and Information." //Fun Trivia Quizzes - World's Largest Trivia and Quiz Site!// Web. 07 Mar. 2011. [].


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