Pierce was a Democrat. He ran against General Winfield Scott who ran as a Whig.
No- Pierce belonged to the opposition party, the Democrats.
Herbert Hoover, Republican and incumbent president.
Franklin Pierce was the fourth Democratic Party Presidential Nominee to be elected President after Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren and James K. Polk.
Franklin Pierce, a Democrat. He was the 14th president.
Pierce was 47 when he was nominated and elected. He turned 48 three weeks after the election.
Pierce was not successful as a president. In fact, he did not win his party's nomination for a second term. He is the only president from New Hampshire.
Pierce was a member of the Democratic Party founded by Andrew Jackson. He was called the "Young Hickory of the the Granite Hills" , a reference to Jackson (Old Hickory) and the mountains of New Hampshire where Pierce lived. Pierce did a great deal to build up the state organization in New Hampshire for the Democrats. Polk was grateful enough to offer him the position of attorney general but he refused it.Franklin Pierce was a member of the Democratic Party.he was gay :)Franklin Pierce was a member of the Democratic Party.
Pierce was a member of the Democratic Party founded by Andrew Jackson. He was called the "Young Hickory of the the Granite Hills" , a reference to Jackson (Old Hickory) and the mountains of New Hampshire where Pierce lived. Pierce did a great deal to build up the state organization in New Hampshire for the Democrats. Polk was grateful enough to offer him the position of attorney general but he refused it.Franklin Pierce was a member of the Democratic Party.he was gay :)Franklin Pierce was a member of the Democratic Party.
Pierce believed strongly in the federal union and the US Constitution. He believed in God and Jesus Christ. He believed in party loyalty.
His Democratic party became disenchanted with him while he was in office and they decided not to nominate him for a second term. Pierce had supporters at the Democratic convention, but James Buchanan prevailed in the battle for the nomination.
I suppose you could say he was impeached. He was denied the nomination for a second term.
Franklin Pierce was the 'dark horse' candidate selected by the Democratic Party in 1852. Pierce became the 14th President of the US and was sworn in on March 4, 1853.