Franklin+Pierce

=Franklin Pierce= = "A Republic without parties is a complete anomaly. The histories of all popular governments show absurd is the idea of their attempting to exist without parties." = = -Franklin Pierce = = Background Information: = Fourteenth President Born on November 23, 1804, in Hillsborough (now Hillsboro), New Hampshire Died on October 8, 1869, in Concord, New Hampshire

Attended Bowdoin College where he studied law Elected to the House of Representatives from New Hampshire Became a U.S. Senator in 1837 Practiced Law Had a drinking problem, then quit and became part of the temperance movement Fought in the American Mexican War Married to Jane Means Appleton  =Presidency:= __Term:__ Began on March 4, 1853 Ended on March 4, 1857

__Political Party:__ Democrat

__Cabinet:__ Vice President: William R.D. King Secretary of State: William L. Marcy Secretary of War: Jefferson Davis Secretary of the Treasury: James Guthrie __Issues During Presidency:__ - Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854: Senator Steven Douglas wanted a transcontinental railroad that travels through Illinois and in order for his to happen the land had to be settled. Douglas proposed to have the Missouri Compromise line repealed and have popular sovereignty in the states. This meant the people in the territory voted on having slavery or not in their state. -Bleeding Kansas: the popular sovereignty did not work, people ended up fighting and killing one another to gain territory, for their beliefs on slavery.

__Important Points form Inaugural:__ __First Inaugural Address:__ "Every measure tending to strengthen the fraternal feelings of all the members of our Union has had my heartfelt approbation. To every theory of society or government, whether the offspring of feverish ambition or of morbid enthusiasm, calculated to dissolve the bonds of law and affection which unite us, I shall interpose a ready and stern resistance. I believe that involuntary servitude, as it exists in different States of this Confederacy, is recognized by the Constitution. I believe that it stands like any other admitted right, and that the States where it exists are entitled to efficient remedies to enforce the constitutional provisions. I hold that the laws of 1850, commonly called the "compromise measures," are strictly constitutional and to be unhesitatingly carried into effect. I believe that the constituted authorities of this Republic are bound to regard the rights of the South in this respect as they would view any other legal" - Agreeing that slavery is supported by the Constitution and the Compromise of 1850 is also supported by the Constitution

-Discussed westward expansion recalling Federalist # 10 -Discussed the issue of slavery =Legacy:= He did his best to keep the union together and tried to appease both the North and South, such as passing the Kansas-Nebraska Act which had popular sovereignty. The tension and no clear solution in sight for the slavery debate just encouraged the sides to continue dividing.

Work Cited: Information: Franklin Pierce First Inaugural Address (1853) http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/franklinpierce http://millercenter.org/president/pierce []

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