The Complete State of the Union Addresses of Franklin Pierce

by Franklin Pierce

Franklin Pierce (1804-1869) was an American politician and the fourteenth President of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857. He is to date the only president from New Hampshire and was the first president born in the nineteenth century. Pierce was a Democrat and a "doughface" (a Northerner with Southern sympathies) who served in the U. S. House of Representatives and Senate. Later, Pierce took part in the Mexican-American War and became a brigadier general. His private law practice in his home state, New Hampshire, was so successful that he was offered several important positions, which he turned down. Later, he was nominated for president as a dark horse candidate on the 49th ballot at the 1852 Democratic National Convention. In the presidential election, Pierce and his running mate William R. King won in a landslide, defeating Winfield Scott and William A. Graham by a 50 to 44% margin in the popular vote and 254 to 42 in the electoral vote.

108 pages, Paperback

First published July 20, 2004

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Franklin Pierce was an American politician and lawyer elected as the 14th President of the United States on the Democratic Party ticket, serving from 1853 to 1857. Previously, he was appointed commander and colonel of the 9th Infantry Regiment in the Mexican–American War, and was quickly promoted to brigadier general.

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✒️ State of the Union Addresses:
December 5, 1853
December 4, 1854
December 31, 1855
December 2, 1856

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