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Franklin Pierce (November 23, 1804 – October 8, 1869) was the 14th president of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857.A northern Democrat who believed that the abolitionist movement was a fundamental threat to the nation's unity, he alienated anti-slavery groups by signing the Kansas–Nebraska Act and enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act.
Franklin Pierce was nominated for president, and King was nominated for vice president. Pierce and King defeated the Whig candidates, Winfield Scott and William Alexander Graham. Because King was ill with tuberculosis and had traveled to Cuba in an effort to regain his health, he was not able to be in Washington to take his oath of office on ...
The presidency of Franklin Pierce began on March 4, 1853, when Franklin Pierce was inaugurated as the 14th President of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1857. Pierce, a Democrat from New Hampshire , took office after defeating Whig Party nominee Winfield Scott in the 1852 presidential election .
Pierce/King campaign poster. The Democratic Party held its national convention in Baltimore, Maryland, in June 1852. Benjamin F. Hallett, the chair of the Democratic National Committee, limited the sizes of the delegations to their electoral votes and a vote to maintain the two-thirds requirement for the presidential and vice-presidential nomination was passed by a vote of 269 to 13.
Franklin D. Roosevelt: Succeeded to presidency 2 months and 23 days into term 47: William R. King: 45: 13th • March 4 – April 18, 1853 [d] Franklin Pierce: Died 1 month and 14 days into term 48: Andrew Johnson: 42: 16th • March 4 – April 15, 1865 [g] Abraham Lincoln: Succeeded to presidency 1 month and 11 days into term 49: John Tyler ...
14 Franklin Pierce (1853–1857) 15 James ... First president to have a vice president die in office and the first president to have a vacancy in the office of vice ...
It was held to nominate the Democratic Party's candidates for president and vice president in the 1852 election. The convention selected former Senator Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire for president and Senator William R. King of Alabama for vice president.
In a personal letter, Franklin Pierce wrote that the accident had left him crushed, but he still felt an obligation to pursue his duties as the president. [9] With the incoming First Lady not present at the inauguration, and Pierce's vice-president William R. King also unable to attend due to tuberculosis, [10] the inaugural ball was canceled. [1]