Franklin Pierce

== Term ==
* 14th President of the United States
* March 4, 1853 - March 4, 1857 (48-52)
* Democratic
* Preceded by Millard Fillmore
* Succeeded by James Buchanan
* U.S. Senator from New Hampshire
* March 4, 1837 - February 28, 1842 (32-37)
* Preceded by John Page
* Succeeded by Leonard Wilcox
* Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire
* March 4, 1833 - March 3, 1837 (28-32)
* Preceded by Joseph Hammons
* Succeeded by Jared W. Williams
* Speaker of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives
* January 5, 1831 - January 2, 1833 (26-28)
* Preceded by Samuel C. Webster
* Succeeded by Charles G. Atherton
* Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
* January 7, 1829 - January 2, 1833 (24-28)
* Preceded by Thomas Wilson
* Succeeded by Hiram Monroe
== Life Data ==
* Franklin Pierce
* Born November 23, 1804
* in Hillsborough, New Hampshire
* Education: Bowdoin College (BA 1824)
* Occupation: Lawyer, Politician
* Died October 8, 1869 (64 years)
* in Concord, New Hampshire
== Military Service ==
Colonel 	New Hampshire State Militia	1831-47
Brigadier General	United States Army 	1847-48
== Parents ==
Father	Benjamin Pierce Jr.	December 25, 1757	April 1, 1839 (81 years) 	February 1, 1790 - December 7, 1838 (48 years)
Mother	Anna Kendrick 	October 30, 1768 	December 7, 1838 (70 years)	February 1, 1790 - December 7, 1838 (48 years)
== Paternal Half-Siblings ==
1.	Elizabeth Andrews Pierce	August 9, 1788	April 28, 1855 (66 years)	m.1811 John McNeil Jr. (1784-1850)	3 children
== Siblings ==
2.	Benjamin Kendrick Pierce	August 29, 1790 	April 1, 1850 (59 years) 	
# m.1816 Josephine LaFramboise (1795-1820)
# m.1823 Amanda Boykin (1805-31)
# m.1838 Louisa Read (1814-40)	
# 2 children
# 5 children
3.	Nancy Merrill Pierce 	November 2, 1792 	April 2, 1838 (45 years) 	m.1815 Solomon McNeil (1782-1862) 	3 children
4.	John Sullivan Pierce 	November 5, 1796 	December 28, 1824 (28 years)	m.1818 Marietta Putthoff (1802-29)	2 children
5.	Harriet Byron Pierce 	May 22, 1800 	November 24, 1837 (37 years)	m.1822 Hugh Jameson (1793-1854) 	5 children
6.	Charles Grandison Pierce	June 25, 1803 	June 25, 1803 	June 5, 1828 (24 years) 	June 5, 1828 (24 years)
7.	Charlotte Pierce 	1807 	1807 	March 27, 1808 (0-1 year) 	March 27, 1808 (0-1 year)
8.	Henry Dearborn Pierce 	September 19, 1812	April 9, 1882 (69 years) 	m.1841 Susan Tuttle (1815-74) 	2 children
== Paternal Grandparents ==
Paternal Grandfather	Benjamin Pierce 	November 25, 1726	June 16, 1764 (37 years)	August 2, 1746 - June 16, 1764 (17 years)
Paternal Grandmother	Elizabeth Merrill	February 22, 1728	1809 (80-81 years) 	10 children
== Maternal Grandparents ==
Maternal Grandfather	Benjamin Kendrick	January 30, 1724	November 13, 1812 (88 years)	March 1, 1750 - November 13, 1812 (62 years)
Maternal Grandmother	Sarah Harris 	January 22, 1730	May 27, 1818 (88 years) 	6 children
== Marriage ==
Wife 	Jane Means Appleton
Birth 	March 12, 1806
Father 	Jesse Appleton (1772-1819)
Mother 	Elizabeth Means (1779-1844)
Marriage	November 19, 1834 - December 2, 1863 (29 years)
Death 	December 2, 1863 (57 years)
== Children 1-3 ==
Franklin Pierce Jr.	February 2, 1836	February 5, 1836 (3 days)
Frank Robert Pierce	August 27, 1839 	November 14, 1843 (4 years)
Benjamin Pierce 	April 13, 1841 	January 6, 1853 (11 years)
== Vice President ==
William R.D. King	1786-1853	1853	Alabama
== Presidential Cabinet ==
Secretary of State 	
# William Hunter
# William L. Marcy	
# 1805-86
# 1786-1857	
# 1853
# 1853-57	
# Rhode Island
# New York
Secretary of the Treasury	
# Thomas Corwin
# James Guthrie	
# 1794-1865
# 1792-1869	
# 1853
# 1853-57	
# Ohio
# Kentucky
Secretary of War 	Jefferson Davis	1808-89	1853-57	Mississippi
Attorney General 	Caleb Cushing 	1800-79	1853-57	Massachusetts
Secretary of the Navy 	James C. Dobbin	1814-57	1853-57	North Carolina
Postmaster General 	James Campbell 	1812-93	1853-57	Pennsylvania
Secretary of the Interior	
# Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart
# Robert McClelland	
# 1807-91
# 1807-80	
# 1853
# 1853-57	
# Virginia
# Michigan
== Chief Justice ==
5.	Roger B. Taney	1777-1864	1836-64 (28 years)	Maryland
== Associate Justices ==
1.	John McLean 	1785-1861	1829-61 (32 years)	Ohio
2.	James M. Wayne 	1790-1867	1835-67 (32 years)	Virginia
3.	John Catron 	1786-1865	1837-65 (28 years)	Tennessee
4.	Peter V. Daniel 	1784-1860	1841-60 (19 years)	Virginia
5.	Samuel Nelson 	1792-1873	1845-72 (27 years)	New York
6.	Robert Cooper Grier 	1794-1870	1846-70 (24 years)	Pennsylvania
7.	Benjamin Robbins Curtis	1809-74 	1851-57 (6 years) 	Massachusetts
8.	John Archibald Campbell	1811-89 	1853-61 (8 years) 	Alabama