The delegation from Virginia placed his name into contention for the nomination. (see the related question for more details about his nomination.)
When it became a state in 1788 there was no US President.
Franklin Pierce was born in New Hampshire.
The 14th U. S. President was Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire.Franklin Pierce from New Hampshire was the 14th US President.
He lived in Concord, New Hampshire when he was elected president.
Pierce lived in New Hampshire and had served as a US senator for that state.He was nominated by a national convention. The Virginia delegation put his name into contention on the 35th ballot but supporters from his his state state had worked for him behind the scenes for some time.
The one in Washington state was named after Pierce because he was President when Washington Territory was created .
There is possibly more than one Franklin Pierce High School, but the ones in Washington state undoubtedly honor Pierce because he was the President when Washington Territory was broken off from Oregon in 1853.
No , Davis was never the secretary of the Union navy. Davis did serve as Secretary of War in the administration of President Franklin Pierce.
The US was not at war while Pierce was President. There was considerable turmoil and violence in Kansas over the election to decide whether to allow slavery in the state.
He was Secretary of State in the government of president Franklin Pierce.
Franklin Pierce was the son of Benjamin Pierce, two-term governor of New Hampshire. (William Henry Harrison's father , Benjamin, was governor or Virginia before it became a state. )
The fact that he was nominated for President is one surprising thing about Pierce. He had retired from politics, actually resigning as US Senator before his term ended and was from a small state, New Hampshire and the favored candidate from New Hampshire, Levi Woodbury, died suddenly in 1851. I doubt anyone would have predicted Pierce's nomination before the convention of 1852 began.