March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1857
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VICE
PRESIDENT
William R. King* |
FIRST
LADY
Jane Means Pierce |
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BORN: November 23, 1804
Hillsborough, New Hampshire |
*Died in Office
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CHILDREN: 3 Sons
The Pierce's first son died 3 days
after birth, another died at age 4 from typhus. After his election and before the
inauguration, Franklin Pierce's 11 year old son Benjamin was killed in a train wreck (from
which Mr. and Mrs. Pierce escaped unharmed). |
MILITARY SERVICE: Brigadier
General, US Army (Combat Veteran)
PROFESSION: Attorney
POLITICAL PARTY: Democratic
HOME STATE: New Hampshire
POLITICAL OFFICES: U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator
NICKNAME: "Young Hickory of the Granite Hills"
DIED: October 8, 1869 (Age - 64)
BURIED: Concord, New Hampshire |
| "I have
come seriously to the conclusion that he has in him many of the chief elements of a great
ruler. His talents are administrative, he has a subtle faculty of making affairs
roll onward according to his will, and of influencing their course without showing any
trace of his action." Nathaniel
Hawthorne |
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