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Franklin Pierce (Hillsborough, 23 novembre 1804 – Concord, 8 ottobre 1869) è stato un politico e militare statunitense. È stato il 14º presidente degli Stati Uniti d'America
- Presidenza di Franklin Pierce
Pierce, un esponente del Partito Democratico del New...
- Presidenza di Franklin Pierce
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 ...
Pierce, un esponente del Partito Democratico del New Hampshire divenne il 14º presidente degli Stati Uniti battendo il candidato del Partito Whig Winfield Scott alle elezioni presidenziali del 1852.
- Election of 1852
- Post-Election Family Tragedy
- Inauguration
- Administration
- Judicial Appointments
- Foreign and Military Affairs
- Election of 1856 and Transition
- Historical Reputation
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As the 1852 presidential election approached, the Democrats were divided by the slavery issue, though most of the "Barnburners" who had left the party in 1848 with Martin Van Buren had returned. Major presidential contenders included Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois, James Buchanan of Pennsylvania, William Marcy of New York, Sam Houston of Texas, Tho...
Pierce began his presidency in mourning. Weeks after his election, on January 6, 1853, the president-elect's family had been traveling from Boston by train when their car derailed and rolled down an embankment near Andover, Massachusetts. Pierce and his wife, Jane survived, but their only remaining son, Benjamin, was crushed to death. Pierce and Ja...
Pierce, the youngest man to be elected president to that point, chose to affirm his oath of office on a law book rather than swear it on a Bible, as all his predecessors except John Quincy Adams had done. He was the first president to deliver his inaugural address from memory.In the address he hailed an era of peace and prosperity at home and urged...
In his Cabinet appointments, Pierce sought to unite the party by appointing Democrats from all factions, including those that had not supported the Compromise of 1850. He anchored his Cabinet around Attorney General Caleb Cushing, a pro-compromise northerner, and Secretary of War Jefferson Davis, who had led Southern resistance to the compromise in...
There was a vacancy on the Supreme Court when Pierce took office, due to the death of John McKinley in 1852. President Fillmore had made several nominations to fill the vacancy before the end of his term, but his nominees were denied confirmation by the Senate. Pierce quickly nominated John Archibald Campbell, an advocate of states' rights, for the...
The Pierce administration fell in line with the expansionist Young America movement, with William L. Marcy leading the charge as Secretary of State. Marcy sought to present to the world a distinctively American, republican image. He issued a circular recommending that U.S. diplomats wear "the simple dress of an American citizen" instead of the elab...
As the 1856 election approached, many Democrats spoke of replacing Pierce with Buchanan or Douglas, but Pierce retained the support of his cabinet and many others within the party, especially in the South. Buchanan, who had been outside of the country since 1853 and thus could not be associated with the unpopular Kansas-Nebraska Act, became the can...
After Pierce died in 1869, he mostly passed from the American consciousness, except as one of a series of presidents whose disastrous tenures led to civil war. Historians generally view him as an inept president who was overwhelmed by the problems he faced, and they tend to rank Pierce as one of the worst presidents. Historian Eric Foner says, "His...
Works by Franklin Pierce at Project GutenbergWorks by or about Franklin Pierce at Internet ArchiveEssays on Franklin Pierce and shorter essays on each member of his cabinet and First Lady, from the Miller Center of Public AffairsFranklin Pierce (November 23, 1804 – October 8, 1869) was the 14th president of the United States (1853–1857) and is the only president from New Hampshire. Pierce was a Democrat and a "doughface" (a Northerner with Southern sympathies) who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate.
4 ott 2024 · Franklin Pierce (born November 23, 1804, Hillsboro, New Hampshire, U.S.—died October 8, 1869, Concord, New Hampshire) was the 14th president of the United States (1853–57). He failed to deal effectively with the corroding sectional controversy over slavery in the decade preceding the American Civil War (1861–65).
Franklin Pierce, né le 23 novembre 1804 à Hillsborough (New Hampshire) et mort le 8 octobre 1869 à Concord (New Hampshire), est un homme d'État américain. Membre du Parti démocrate, il est le 14 e président des États-Unis (1853-1857), à une époque où la question de l'esclavage déchire le pays.
