Presidents of the United States of America
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14 - Franklin Pierce
Personal Statistics:
Birth Date: November 23, 1804
Birthplace: Log cabin on the Contoocook River, Hillsborough, New Hampshire
Father: Benjamin Pierce (1757-1839)
Mother: Anna Kendrick (1768-1838)
Height at Prime: 5 feet 10 inches
Physical Description: Classic Roman nose, gray eyes, thin lips, mass of curly dark hair that was combed on the side
Religion: Episcopalian
Wife: Jane Means Appleton (March 12, 1806 – December 2, 1863)
Marriage Date: November 19, 1834
Marriage Place: Home of the bride’s maternal grandparents, Amherst, New Hampshire
Children:
-- Franklin Pierce (February 2, 1836 – February 5, 1836)
-- Frank Robert Pierce (August 27, 1839 – November 14, 1843)
-- Benjamin Pierce (April 13, 1841 – January 6, 1853)
Death Date: October 8, 1869
Place of Death: His home, Concord, New Hampshire
Cause of Death: Dropsy and inflammation of the stomach caused by chronic alcoholism
Final Words: Unknown
Burial Place: Old North Cemetery, Concord, New Hampshire
Professional Statistics:
Member of New Hampshire Legislature (1829-1833); Speaker (1831-1832)
U.S. Representative (1833-1837)
U.S. Senate (1837-1842)
Brigadier General in the army during the Mexican War (1846-1848)
14th President of the United States (1853-1857)
Political Party: Democrat
His Vice President: William Rufus DeVane King (1853)
Events During Presidency:
Gadsden Purchase (1853)
Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)
Ostend Manifesto (1854)
Rebellion in Nicaragua (1855)
