Born: November 23, 1804, Hillsborough, New Hampshire... Pierce's strong support for the Comrpromise of 1850 appeared to indicate that he was not going to press the issue of slavery. With the country ...

“I never imagined,” former NATO secretary general Anders Rasmussen wrote in a Wall Street Journal column last week, that “I would hear a US president declare his intentions to ‘expand our territory,’ ...

Franklin Pierce’s presidency was one of the worst in American history. Elected in 1852, Pierce entered office at a time of deepening national divisions over slavery. His policies would only worsen ...

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FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - Next is Franklin Pierce. Prior to becoming the 14th president, Pierce served in the New Hampshire legislature as a representative and later was elected their Speaker.

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