Franklin Pierce

Some Pierce quotes. I don't know which is the most famous or most important.

A Republic without parties is a complete anomaly. The histories of all popular governments show absurd is the idea of their attempting to exist without parties.

Frequently the more trifling the subject, the more animated and protracted the discussion.

You have summoned me in my weakness. You must sustain me by your strength.

The stars upon your banner have become nearly threefold their original number; your densely populated possessions skirt the shores of the two great oceans.

The storm of frenzy and faction must inevitably dash itself in vain against the unshaken rock of the Constitution.

With the Union my best and dearest earthly hopes are entwined.

Pierce's support of popular sovereignty - allowing the settlers in territories to vote to decide to allow or forbid slavery- upset the delicate balance between slave and free states that since the Missouri Compromise, had kept the union together.

Southern states began to more easily envision a day when they would be forced to give up slavery and so began to talk more seriously about seceding from the union. He did nothing to reduce the tariffs which were an especial annoyance in the South.

Pierce was a compromise candidate - none of the four front-runners were able to get the votes needed for nomination. Pierce was not an abolitionist ,was an old Jackson and Polk supporter and believed that the states had to right to allow slavery if they wished.

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.

There is an unsubstantiated but persistent rumor that Pierce ran a woman down with his carriage while drunk. There is no existent police report , newspaper report or other historical evidence that the rumor is true. He had no reason to drive a carriage himself since he had people hired to harness and drive his carriage for him. Maybe he was riding a horse, but that too has no historical evidence to support it.

No. Pierce did not want a Civil War, Indeed he was something of a Southern sympathizer, He was good friends with Jefferson Davis, who had been his Secretary of War and write to him during the war. He made speeches against the war and at one point a mob stormed his house.

Pierce served one complete four-year term.

Pierce took the oath on March 4, 1853.

Yes it was named after the 14th President Franklin Pierce and Fort Pierce is located in Florida. He served in office for four years and had three sons who all died before they could see there dad as President. Franklin was also the first President to have a Christmas Tree in the White House and the youngest president born in the 19th century.

Pierce signed the Kansas-Nebraska Act into law and approved the treaty to make the Gadsden Purchase.

The 35th ballot.

fried clams Daniel Webster's chowder (cod)
boiled dinner (beef, potatoes)
fried pies (dried apples)
marlborough pie
hot rum punch






source:
The Presidents Cookbook
Poppy Cannon

Franklin Pierce was the 14th US President.

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NO- at least not during his campaign. In fact, he did even make speeches during his campaign. (It used to be thought unseemly for a candidate to campaign for himself. )

Nothing about this incident can be found in the papers that are available.

November 2, 1852 was the date of the presidential election that made Pierce the next president.

Franklin Pierce, the 14th President of the United States was not given a middle name. Franklin Piercew was his full name.

The only picture of Pierce's children that I have every seen is one of his wife with his son Benjamin. You can see it at the related link below/

$25,000 per year was the annual salary for the President in those days.

The phone number of the Franklin Pierce Homestead is: 603-478-3165.

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