OVERVIEW:
BORN:
November 23, 1804
Hillsborough, New Hampshire
DIED:
October 8, 1869 (age 64);
Concord, New Hampshire
EDUCATION:
Bowdoin College,
Northampton Law School
POLITICAL PARTY:
Democratic
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
1827:
Admitted to the Bar,
Began Practicing Law in Hillsborough, New Hampshire
1829-1836:
Town Meeting Moderator for Hillsborough, New Hampshire
1829-1833:
Member, NH House of Representatives
1831-1833:
Speaker of the NH House of Representatives
1833-1837:
Member, U.S. House of Representatives
1837-1842:
U.S. Senator (D-NH)
1853-1857:
14th President of the United States
FIRST LADY:
VICE PRESIDENT:
RESOURCES:
BIOGRAPHIES:
White House
Biographical Directory of Congress
UVA Miller Center
American Presidents (C-SPAN)
American National Biography
National Portrait Gallery
Wikipedia
PAPERS:
Library of Congress
American Presidency Project (UCSB)
NOTABLE BOOKS:
1852 ELECTION:
DEMOCRATIC
FRANKLIN PIERCE (PRESIDENT)
WILLIAM R. KING (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 254 (85.8%)
Popular Vote: 1,607,510 (50.8%)
WHIG:
WINFIELD SCOTT (PRESIDENT)
WILLIAM GRAHAM (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 42 (14.2%)
Popular Vote: 1,386,942 (43.9%)
FREE SOIL:
JOHN P. HALE (PRESIDENT)
GEORGE WASHINGTON JULIAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 0 (0.0%)
Popular Vote: 155,210 (4.9%)
1853 INAUGURATION:
Inaugural Address
Library of Congress
Joint Congressional Inaugural Committee
PIERCE ADMINISTRATION:
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR:
Robert McClelland (1853–1857)
ATTORNEY GENERAL:
Caleb Cushing (1853–1857)
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY:
James C. Dobbin (1853–1857)
POSTMASTER GENERAL:
James Campbell (1853–1857)
SECRETARY OF STATE:
William L. Marcy (1853–1857)
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY:
James Guthrie (1853–1857)
SECRETARY OF WAR:
Jefferson Davis (1853–1857)
SUPREME COURT NOMINEE:
CONGRESS:
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE:
Linn Boyd (1851-1855)
Nathaniel P. Banks (1855-1857)
HISTORIC SITES:
The Pierce Manse
Franklin Pierce Homestead