Franklin Pierce
"We have nothing in our history or position to invite aggression; we have everything to beckon us to the cultivation of relations of peace and amity with all nations."


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PRESIDENTIAL FACTS

He was the 14th president of the United States.

Birth place: Hillsborough

Birth – death dates: 1933 - 1945

Married: Jane Means Appleton

Family: Franklin Pierce, Frank, Benjimen, Ann Kendric, Benjimen pierce

Occupations: lawyer, public official

Education: Graduated from BowdoinCollege {1824}

Political party: Democrat

Religion: Episcopalian

Height: 5' 10"

Nickname: "Young Hickory of the Granite Hills"
 
 


 
 

BEYOND THE FACTS

Other interesting information:  Under Franklin Pierce, guerrilla raids in Kansas heralded the approach of civil war.
 
 

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