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| − | Franklin Pierce was the 14th [[president]] of the [[United States]]. He served as the president from 1853-1857. | + | 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. |
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| | + | Prior to being elected, Pierce served in both the House and Senate and achieved the rank of [[brigadier general]] in the [[Mexican-American War]]. |
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| | + | Pierce died on October 8, 1969 in Concord, New Hampshire from cirrhosis of the liver. |