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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 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]
Of the individuals elected president of the United States, four died of natural causes while in office (William Henry Harrison, [1] Zachary Taylor, [2] Warren G. Harding [3] and Franklin D. Roosevelt), four were assassinated (Abraham Lincoln, [4] James A. Garfield, [4] [5] William McKinley [6] and John F. Kennedy) and one resigned from office ...
Timeline of the Franklin D. Roosevelt presidency; Harry S. Truman (1945–1953) ... Timeline of the Jimmy Carter presidency. 1977; 1978; 1979; 1980–1981; Ronald ...
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.
March 4, 1825 – Adams becomes the sixth president; Calhoun becomes the seventh vice president; 1825 – Erie Canal is finally completed; 1826 – Former presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Adams die on the same day, which happens to be on the fiftieth anniversary of the approval of the Declaration of independence.
Franklin Pierce: Democratic 35 Unnumbered 4 8.8 March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857 15: James Buchanan: Democratic 16 Unnumbered 4 4.0 March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861 16: Abraham Lincoln: Republican: 48 Unnumbered 4.11 11.7 March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865 17: Andrew Johnson: Democratic 79 Unnumbered 3.89 20.3 April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869 18 ...