Franklin Pierce 14th US President 1853-1857

Franklin Pierce 1804- 1869

14th US President

Democrat

First Lady Jane Means Appleton

Vice President William R. King

Franklin Pierce acquired parts of present day Arizona and New Mexico from Mexico. He endorsed the Kansas Nebraska Act which set off a violent slavery debate which led to his failure to be renominated.






Franklin Pierce quotes:

A Republic without parties is a complete anomaly. The histories of all popular governments show absurd is the idea of their attempting to exist without parties.
Franklin Pierce

Frequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and protracted the discussion.
Franklin Pierce

The dangers of a concentration of all power in the general government of a confederacy so vast as ours are too obvious to be disregarded.
Franklin Pierce

With the Union my best and dearest earthly hopes are entwined.
Franklin Pierce