President Franklin Pierce, born November 23, 1804, in Hillsborough (now Hillsboro), New Hampshire. 14th President (1853 - 1857) Labeled by the Public: Handsome Frank. Political Party: Democrat First Lady: Jane Children: Franklin, Frank Robert, and Benjamin His famous statement: With the Union my best and dearest earthly hopes are entwined At age 33, he became one of the youngest U.S. Senators ever, but his wife, Jane, who was very strict and religious, hated the party-filled life of Washington, D.C. She made her husband resign and move back to New England. He joined the Army as a Private in the Mexican-American War, and by the end of the war, he had been promoted to one-star General. Just weeks before he was sworn in as President, his 11 year old son, Benjamin, was killed in a train accident. The Pierces had already lost two other children, and so the first days and months in the White House were very sad for President and Mrs. Pierce. Pierce tried to keep the peace between the North and South, but he was never a very skilled Politician. His biggest mistake was signing the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which set off deadly riots over Slavery and seemed to hurry the Country closer to the brink of Civil War. He tried to buy Cuba, but Spain refused to sell. He did, however, add 29,000 square miles of land along the Mexican border. He was not nominated for a second term. reference: Readers Digest.
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