Franklin Pierce Life

  • Parents

    Parents

    He was a child of Anna(Kenbrick) Pierce and Benjamin Pierce
  • Birth

    Birth

    He was son of Benjamin and Anna Pierce In Hillsborough, NH
  • Religion

    Religion

    Episopation
  • Education

    Education

    He went to public school as a young child, when went to Hancock academy. He attended Bowdion collage at age 15. He loved collage so much that he spend most of his time hanging out with friends then he did school. Then he decided to study and finished in 1824 and was ranked 5 in his collage.
  • Jobs

    Jobs

    He was a Lawyer, US Representative for New Hampshire, and US Senate for New Hampshire
  • Married

    Married

    He married Jane Meas Appleton
  • Franklin Pierce Jr

    Franklin Pierce Jr

    He was born and was the 1st child.
  • Franklin Pierce Jr Died

    Franklin Pierce Jr Died

    He died at 3 days old. His death was unknown .
  • Frank Robert Pierce

    Frank Robert Pierce

    He was the 2nd child.
  • Benjamin Pierce

    Benjamin Pierce

    He was the 3rd child.
  • Frank Robert Pierce died

    Frank Robert Pierce died

    we don't know what caused the death. He was 4 years old when he died.
  • Military

    Military

    He was in the Army for the Mexican-American war. He was supposed to lead 2000 soldiers with not military experience himself.He was a Brigadier General. Pierce backed down right before the war, saying he got hurt when really he was faking it. His Commander then called him a coward. Pierce beat his commander in the 1852 election.
  • Election

    Pierce defeated his old commander
  • Political Party

    Political Party

    Democratic
  • Vice President

    Vice President

    Was William Rufus De Vane King
  • Memory

    Memory

    He was the first president to his address from memory
  • Vice President Died

    Vice President Died

    He died before taking office. Pierce was the 2nd president without a vice president.
  • Benjamin Pierce died

    Benjamin Pierce died

    He died at 12 years old when they got on a train to go Franklin's pre president events and died of a train crash.
  • Elected  President

    Elected President

    He was elected in January 7 1853 right after his youngest child died.
  • words of choice

    words of choice

    He chose to say I solemnly swear instead of I soluemnly affirm
  • Graden purchase

    Graden purchase

    He bought 29600 square miles for 15 million dollars
  • Kansas Nebraska Act

    Kansas Nebraska Act

    Pierce tried to put a stop towards slavery, but then failed.
  • Nationality law

    Nationality law

    This law states that all children born in the US were citizen.
  • bleeding kansas

    bleeding kansas

    A war broke out against the Anti and pro slavery owners
  • Drinking

    Drinking

    Pierce began to drink
  • Pets

    Pets

    He had a Japaneses sleeve dog.
  • Left Office

    Left Office

    He Left in 1857
  • Wife died

    Wife died

    Death was unknown
  • Death

    Death

    Died of cirrhosis of the liver, in the Pierce Manse in Concord, New Hampshire. He was buried at the Old North Cemetery.
  • Retirement

    Retirement

    He never went into retirement because he was only 64 when he died.