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Franklin Pierce

14th president of the United States
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Byname:
Young Hickory
Born:
November 23, 1804, Hillsboro, New Hampshire, U.S.
Died:
October 8, 1869, Concord, New Hampshire (aged 64)
Political Affiliation:
Democratic Party
Notable Family Members:
spouse Jane Pierce
Role In:
Gadsden Purchase
Missouri Compromise
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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). The son of a governor of New Hampshire, Benjamin Pierce, and the former Anna Kendrick, Franklin Pierce attended Bowdoin College in Maine, studied law in Northampton, Massachusetts, and was admitted to the bar in 1827. He married Jane Means Appleton, whose father was president of Bowdoin, in 1834. Pierce entered political life in New ...(100 of 904 words)

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