Franklin Pierce

 
      14th President of the United States   March 4, 1853 to March 3, 1857   
             
             
             
      Born: November 23, 1804, in Hillsborough (now Hillsboro), New Hampshire   Died: October 8, 1869, in Concord, New Hampshire  
      Father: General Benjamin Pierce   Mother: Ann Kendrick Pierce  
      Religion: Episcopalian   Education: Graduated from Bowdoin College (1824)  
      Occupation: Lawyer, public official   Political Party: Democrat  
      Nickname: "Young Hickory of the Granite Hills"      
             
             
             

Married: Jane Means Appleton (1806-1863), on November 10, 1834

Children: Franklin Pierce (1836); Frank Robert Pierce (1839-43); Benjamin Pierce (1841-53)

 

Other Government Positions:

 
Family home from 1842 to 1848 of Franklin Pierce,
Located at 14 Penacook Street, at the very end
of North Main Street in Concord, N.H.
The Pierce Manse

 

From the Internet

IPL POTUS -- Franklin Pierce

White house--Franklin Pierce

Encyclopedia Americana: Franklin Pierce

 

 
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