• David Potter concludes that the Ostend Manifesto and the Kansas–Nebraska Act were "the two great calamities of the Franklin Pierce administration ...
  • Be honest, what do you remember about Franklin Pierce? If you are like most Americans, myself included, chances are not much.
  • Franklin and Jane Pierce were traveling by train with their youngest son Benjamin, who was 11-years-old.
  • When Franklin Pierce took office, the nation was enjoying an era of great economic prosperity and relative tranquility.
  • Franklin Pierce became 14th President of the United States at a time of apparent tranquility (1853-1857).
  • Franklin Pierce was elected to the United States Senate in 1837.
  • The son of a governor of New Hampshire , Benjamin Pierce, and the former Anna Kendrick, Franklin Pierce attended Bowdoin College in Maine...
  • Franklin Pierce was the 14th president of the United States, serving from March 4, 1853–March 3, 1857.
  • Franklin Pierce became 14th President of the United States at a time of apparent tranquility (1853-1857). By pursuing the recommendations of southern advisers...
  • Franklin Pierce was the 14th President of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857.