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.