Franklin Pierce

Franklin Pierce (November
23, 1804 - October 8, 1869)
was the 14th (1853-1857)
President of the United      Order:           14th President
States.                      Term of Office:  March 4, 1853 - March 4, 1857
He was a Representative and  Followed:        Millard Fillmore
a Senator from New Hampshire Succeeded by:    James Buchanan
prior to his election as
President. He was born in    Date of Birth    November 23, 1804
Hillsborough, New Hampshire  Place of Birth:  Hillsboro, New Hampshire
on November 23, 1804, and    Date of Death:   October 8, 1869
attended the academies of
Hancock and Francestown. He  Place of Death:  Concord, New Hampshire
prepared for college at      First Lady:      Jane Means Appleton
Phillips Exeter Academy and  Occupation:      lawyer
graduated from Bowdoin
College, Brunswick, Maine,   Political Party: Democrat
in 1824. He studied law,     Vice President:  William Rufus DeVane King
then was admitted to the bar
and commenced practice in Hillsborough in 1827. He was a member of the State
general court from 1829 to 1833, and served as Speaker from 1832 to 1833. He
was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Congresses
(March 4, 1833 - March 3, 1837). He was elected as a Democrat to the United
States Senate and served from March 4, 1837, to February 28, 1842, when he
resigned. He was chairman of the Committee on Pensions (Twenty-sixth Congress)

After his service in the Senate, Pierce resumed the practice of law in
Concord. He was district attorney for New Hampshire, and declined the
appointment as Attorney General of the United States tendered by President
James Polk. He served in the Mexican War as a colonel and brigadier general.
He was a member of the New Hampshire State constitutional convention in 1850
and served as its president.

Pierce was elected President of the United States on the Democratic ticket
and served from March 4, 1853, to March 3, 1857, following which he resumed
the practice of law. After losing the Democratic nomination, he reportedly
quipped "there's nothing left to do but get drunk", which he apparently did
frequently, once running down a pedestrian while drunk-driving a carriage.
Franklin Pierce died in Concord on October 8, 1869, from cirrhosis of the
liver, and was interred in Minat Inclosure in the Old North Cemetery.

Supreme Court appointments

   * John Archibald Campbell - 1853

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