Visiting with the Commander in Chief: Franklin Pierce

Born: November 23, 1804 Hillsborough, NH

Died: October 8, 1869 Concord, NH

Vice President: William R. King

- Attended the academies of Hancock and Francestown, NH.

- 1824 - Graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME.

- 1827 - Studied law; admitted to the bar and started practices in Hillsborough.

- 1829 - 1833 - Member of the State general court

-1832 - 1833 - Speaker

- Elected as a Democrat to the 23rd & 24th Congresses (March 4, 1833 - March 3, 1837)

- Democrat to the US Senate from March 4, 1837 - February 28, 1842 but resigned.

- Chariman, Committee on Pensions (26th Congress)

- Practiced law in Concord, NH; District attorney for New Hampshire.

- Declined appointment of Attorney General by President Polk

- Served in Mexican War as a colonel and Brigadier General

- Member of the New Hampshire constitutional Convention in 1850 and served as it's president

- Elected 14th President of the United States on the Democratic ticket and served from March 4, 1853 to March 3, 1857

- On May 30, 1854, signed the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which was designed to solve the issue of expanding slavery into the territories. However, it failed miserably; the Kansas-Nebraska Act was one of the key political events that led to the American Civil War.

- Resumed the practice of law.

- Died in Concord, New Hampshire on October 8, 1869

- Internment in Minot Enclosure, Old North Cemetery