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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.
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.
The inauguration of Franklin Pierce as the 14th president of the United States was held on Friday, March 4, 1853, at the East Portico of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. This was the 17th inauguration and marked the commencement of the only four-year term of both Franklin Pierce as president and William R. King as vice president.
The presidency of William Henry Harrison, who died 31 days after taking office in 1841, was the shortest in American history. [9] Franklin D. Roosevelt served the longest, over twelve years, before dying early in his fourth term in 1945. He is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms. [10]
Franklin Pierce, the incumbent president in 1856, whose term expired on March 4, 1857. Democratic candidates: James Buchanan, Minister to Great Britain and former Secretary of State; Franklin Pierce, President of the United States; Stephen Douglas, U.S. Senator from Illinois; Lewis Cass, Former U.S. Senator and 1848 presidential nominee from ...
President Franklin Pierce was the first to have a full-time bodyguard, in 1853. It wasn't until 1901, after President William McKinley was assassinated, ...
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]
Franklin Pierce and John Quincy Adams were sworn in on law books, which were meant to represent the U.S. Constitution. Theodore Roosevelt refused to use any book or other prop when he was sworn ...