Franklin Pierce (1804-1869): Democratic candidate for fourteenth president of the United States. Pierce was the 14th President of the United States, whose inability to calm national tensions over slavery hastened the eventual outbreak of the American Civil War. He is regarded by some to have been one of the worst presidents in US history.

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Franklin Pierce (1804-1869): Democratic candidate for fourteenth president of the United States. Pierce was the 14th President of the United States, whose inability to calm national tensions over slavery hastened the eventual outbreak of the American Civil War. He is regarded by some to have been one of the worst presidents in US history.

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