Career of Franklin Pierce - Soldier, Lawyer, Politician, Statesman. Became a brigadier general during the Mexican-American War
Served in New Hampshire Legislature, 1829-33
Member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1833-37
Unites States Senate, 1837-42
Place of Death - Franklin Pierce died on October 8, 1869 in Concord, New Hampshire
Next President: President James Buchanan

Major Events during his presidency

• 1853 - Commodore Perry opens Japan

• 1854 - Kansas-Nebraska Bill
• Ostend Manifesto - The Ostend Manifesto showed how far the South was willing to go to acquire more territories favorable to slavery

Presidential Facts and Trivia in response to the question who was President Franklin Pierce

• Description of President Franklin Pierce - Height 5 feet 10 inches

• Considered to be charming and handsome
• Franklin Pierce  was described as likeable and sociable
• He became a brigadier general during the Mexican-American War
• Franklin Pierce was born in a log cabin
• Franklin Pierce suffered many tragedies in his life, losing his three children to early deaths during childhood
• Benjamin "Bennie" Pierce (April 13, 1841 – January 6, 1853), died at the age of 11 in a terrible train accident in which Bennie was decapitated in front of his father