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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]].
 
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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Pierce died on October 8, 1869 in Concord, New Hampshire from cirrhosis of the [[liver]].
  
  

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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.