Franklin Pierce
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| Franklin Pierce;
Fourteenth President of the United States | |
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| Born | November 23, 1804 |
| Died | October 8, 1869 |
| Term | 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.
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, 1969 in Concord, New Hampshire from cirrhosis of the liver.