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 ...
Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer James McPherson and historian Edna Greene Medford discuss Franklin Pierce's role in the country's progression toward civil war, as well as the personal tragedy that ...
Five tragic Presidents Day facts about Pierce County’s namesake president, Franklin Pierce. 1 As an officer in the Mexican-American War, he earned the lifelong nickname “The fainting general” (aka ...
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