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The president that signed the treaty for the Gadsen purchase was Franklin Pierce (14th president)
The Gadsden Purchase is a region of Arizona and New Mexico. It was bought by the United States in a treaty signed by James Gadsden.
The Gadsden Purchase was acquired on December 30, 1853 after a treaty was signed by James Gadsden and the current Mexican President at that time ,purchased by the U.S. for $10 million, to end controversial conflict as of where the boarder line was really meant to be.
The Gadsden Purchase was obtained by negotiating with Mexican ruler President Santa Anna. For a price of $10 million, James Gadsden, headed the negotiations. After the US Senate gave its approval, US President Franklin Pierce signed the purchase agreement on June 24, 1853. The purchase was intended to be necessary for the construction of a transcontinental railway from New Orleans to the West coast.
Franklin Pierce
The Gadsden Purchase from Mexico was made while Pierce was president.
The Gadsden Purchase was negotiated in 1853 by James Gadsden. Mexico sold the United States a piece of land in what is now Arizona and New Mexico, in exchange for $10 million. This treaty helped to resolve some unsettled issues from the Mexican-American War and also strengthened the South's claim to the transcontinental railroad (there had been much debate about where this should be located). Some key people include: James Gadsden (the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico) President Franklin Pierce (signed the treaty) Jefferson Davis (Pierce's Secretary of War, who strongly influenced this agreement) William Marcy (Pierce's Secretary of State, who instructed Gadsden as to what provisions to push for) Santa Anna (Mexican president who signed the treaty)
James Gadsden
Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana, the Mexican president, agreed to the deal for the Gadsden Purchase made under President Pierce.
Franklin Pierce was the US President when the Gadsden Purchase was made in 1853.
None. The Gadsden purchase was pressured upon Mexico by Gadsden himself.
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