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 ...
WEBVTT NEVER LOOKED BETTER. THIS HEROIC STATUE IS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE’S ONLY UNITED STATES PRESIDENT, FRANKLIN PIERCE, STANDING LIKE A CONQUERING HERO HERE ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE GROUNDS OF THE ...
TACOMA, Wash — Washington Lt. Governor Cyrus Habib tweeted about Pierce County’s pro-slavery namesake on June 11, posting: “Franklin Pierce shouldn’t have a county named after him.” Pierce's history ...
Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. “What luck Frank has,” remarked Nathaniel Hawthorne when he began writing a campaign biography of his lifelong friend ...
Like many historians, Holt considers Franklin Pierce’s administration (1853-1857) to be so inept that perhaps the greatest praise is that the succeeding administration, James Buchanan’s, was worse.
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