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The above
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The above picture was
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Franklin Pierce was the
son of Benjamin Pierce. Benjamin Pierce was a well known hero of
the
Revolutionary War. Franklin Pierce admired his father so much
that he
dreamed to be just like him. His mother didn't want Franklin to
be a
soldier. She wanted her son to study and graduate from college.
Franklin did study and graduated from college in 1824. After his
graduation, he entered the Army and he got his chance in the war with
Mexico. In 1834, he married Jane Means Appleton. Franklin Pierce was voted into the House of Representative and then into the Senate. In 1852, Franklin was elected president without giving speeches or campaigning for the presidency. Most people from the south elected him to be the president because he was "soft" on the slavery issue. Franklin Pierce struggled with the slavery issue. It was under his administration that people in the Kansas and Nebraska Territories determined if they were to be slave free or not. It was also under his administration that our nation purchased the Gadsden Strip from Mexico, presently known as the southern part of Arizona and the southwestern part of New Mexico. President Pierce retired to his New Hampshire home and died on October 8, 1869. |
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| Did You Know? * He was the first president to display a Christmas Tree in the White House. * He was the first president to recite his inaugural address from memory. * He didn't campaign to be president. * He was given the nickname Fainting Frank because of the intense fighting that occurred over the slavery issue. Learn more about Franklin Pierce by visiting the below web sites. Take a look at President Franklin Pierce's message where he nominates William L. Marcy, to be Secretary of State. http://images.virtualology.com/images/901.jpg |
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