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Revision as of 13:45, July 16, 2007
| Franklin Pierce | |
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| 14th President of the United States | |
| Term of office March 4, 1853 - March 4, 1857 | |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Vice Presidents | William R. King (1853) None (1853-1857) |
| Preceded by | Millard Fillmore |
| Succeeded by | James Buchanan |
| Born | November 23, 1804 Hillsborough, New Hampshire |
| Died | October 08, 1869 (aged 64) Concord, New Hampshire |
| Spouse | Jane Appleton Pierce |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
Franklin Pierce was the 14th president of the United States. He served as the president from 1853-1857. Pierce was a Democrat and a northerner known to have southern sympathies.
Prior to being elected, Pierce served in both the House and Senate and achieved the rank of brigadier general in the Mexican-American War.
Pierce died on October 8, 1869 in Concord, New Hampshire from cirrhosis of the liver.
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