Franklin Pierce |
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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:
Served in New Hampshire Legislature, 1829-33
Member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1833-37
Unites States Senate, 1837-42
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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 |
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