POTUS Pierce, Franklin

◀ 13th President

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Franklin Pierce
14th President of United States of America​

Born: November 23, 1804

Birthplace: Hillsborough, New Hampshire

Father: Governor Benjamin Pierce 1757 – 1839

(Buried: Pine Hill Cemetery, Hillsboro, New Hampshire)​

Mother: Anna Kendrick 1768 – 1838

(Buried: Pine Hill Cemetery, Hillsboro, New Hampshire)​

Wife: Jane Means Appleton 1806 – 1863

(Buried: Old North Cemetery, Concord, New Hampshire)​

Married: November 19, 1834 in Amherst, New Hampshire

Children:

Franklin Pierce Jr. 1836 – 1836​

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Frank Robert Pierce 1839 – 1843​

(Buried: Old North Cemetery, Concord, New Hampshire)​

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Benjamin "Bennie" Pierce 1841 – 1853​

(Buried: Old North Cemetery, Concord, New Hampshire)​

Education:

1824: Graduated from Bowdoin College ​

Occupation before War:

Attorney in Hillsborough New Hampshire​

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1829 – 1833: Member of New Hampshire State legislature​

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1831 – 1832: Speaker of New Hampshire State House​

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1832: Campaigner for Andrew Jackson's reelection Campaign​

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1833 – 1837: U.S. Congressman from New Hampshire​

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1837 – 1842: United States Senator from New Hampshire​

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1839 – 1841: Senate Chairman of Pensions Committee​

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1840: Campaigned for Martin Van Buren's reelection Campaign​

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1842: Resigned from United States Senate on February 28th​

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1842 – 1846: Attorney in Concord New Hampshire​

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1844: Chairman of New Hampshire Democratic Party​

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1844: Polk Presidential Campaign Director in New Hampshire​

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1845: Declined appointment as United States Attorney General​

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United States District Attorney in New Hampshire​

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1846 – 1848: Served in Mexican War rising to Brigadier General​

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1848: Supporter of Levi Woodbury for Democratic Nomination​

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1850: President of New Hampshire Constitution Convention​

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1853 – 1857: 14th President of United States of America​

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Traveled to Europe and Bahamas trying to improve his wife's health​

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1860: Unsuccessful Candidate for Democratic Nomination​

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1860: Supporter of John C. Breckinridge for President​

Civil War Role:

1861: Tried to organize a meeting of former President's against Lincoln​

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Opposed Lincoln Suspending the Writ of Habeas Corpus​

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Supporter of the South and the Confederacy​

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Warned the federal Government attempt to end slavery​

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Denounced the War policy of Abraham Lincoln​

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Denounced as a traitor he was abandoned by friends & neighbors​

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1864: Some people tried to nominate him for Democratic Party​

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1865: Mob gathered around his house after Lincoln Assassination​

Died: October 8, 1869

Time of Death: 4:40 AM

Place of Death: Concord New Hampshire

Cause of Death: Dropsy and inflammation of stomach

Age at time of Death: 64 years old

Burial Place: Old North Cemetery Concord New Hampshire

 

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Journal Article
"History has rendered its verdict upon him": The Franklin Pierce Statue Controversy
Michael J. Connolly
The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
Vol. 12, No. 2 (April 2013), pp. 234-259
Society for Historians of the Gilded Age & Progressive Era

"History has rendered its verdict upon him": The Franklin Pierce Statue Controversy on JSTOR

Michael J. Connolly, "History has rendered its verdict upon him": The Franklin Pierce Statue Controversy, The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, Vol. 12, No. 2 (April 2013), pp. 234-259

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