Author:Franklin Pierce

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Franklin Pierce (1804–1869)

14th President of the United States (1853 – 1857), with William R. King (1853), succeeding Millard Fillmore; succeeded by James Buchanan. Democratic Senator from New Hampshire (1837 - 1842), Democratic House Representative from New Hampshire (1833 - 1837). Army Bigadier General (Mexican-American War).

Franklin Pierce

Works

Inaugural address

• Franklin Pierce's Inaugural Address

State of the Union addresses

• First State of the Union address, (1853)
• Second State of the Union address, (1854)
• Third State of the Union address, (1855)
• Fourth State of the Union address, (1856)

About

• “Pierce, Franklin” by Robert Carter in The American Cyclopædia, 1879.
• “Pierce, Franklin” in Encyclopædia Britannica (9th ed.), 1885.
• “Pierce, Franklin,” The New International Encyclopædia. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1905.
• “Pierce, Franklin” in The Nuttall Encyclopædia by James Wood, London: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd., 1907.
• “Pierce, Franklin” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
• “Franklin Pierce” by Bainbridge Wadleigh in The Presidents of the United States, 1789-1914, 1914.
• “Pierce, Franklin,” The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co., 1914.
• “Pierce, Franklin” by Marcus W. Jernegan  in The Encyclopedia Americana. New York, 1920.
• “Pierce, Franklin,” Collier's New Encyclopedia. New York: P.F. Collier & Son Co., 1921.

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