Franklin Pierce
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English: Franklin Pierce (November 23, 1804 - October 8, 1869) was the 14th (1853-1857) President of the United States, and the first president to be born in the 19th century.
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Portrait of Franklin Pierce as a General mounted on a horse.
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The Game-cock & the Goose
A Whig Party cartoon favoring Pierce's main opponent, Winfield Scott -
Electoral map of the 1852 presidential election
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Pierce's Vice President en:William R. King died a little over one month after his inauguration--as a result, Pierce had no Vice President during most of his term