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Franklin Pierce's Presidnecy

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  • Franklin Pierce became President

    Franklin Pierce became President
    Franklin Pierce became president after defeating William King with 254 electoral votes and 1,601,274 popular votes.

  • Franklin Pierce's Inaugural

    Franklin Pierce's Inaugural
    <a href='http://www.potus.com/fpierce.html' >Franklin Pierce - President of the United States (POTUS)
    This website has Franklin Pierce's 3,319-word inagural speech, and exactly when he gave his inagural speech. Also tells about his time in office, presidential salary, his occupation(s), politicial party, the government positions and what years he served in the positions, who was the vice president when Franklin Pierce was president, who he defeated in election and how many votes they both had.

  • Commodore Matthew Perry Opens Japan

    Commodore Matthew Perry Opens Japan

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    Kansas-Nebraska Act

  • President Franklin Pierce and the proposals of buying land from Mexico

    President Franklin Pierce and the proposals of buying land from Mexico
    How and Why the Gadsden Purchase was Made and by Who A treaty between the U.S. and Mexico, the Gadsden Purchase

  • Ostend Manifesto

    Ostend Manifesto

  • Sack of Lawrence

    Sack of Lawrence
    President Franklin Pierce refused to step in to resolve the election dispute resulting from the "border ruffians." Judge Samuel Lecompte demanded that members of the anti-slavery government in Kansas, called the Free-Soil government, be indicted for treason. On May 21, 1856, the pro-slavery forces sprung into action. A posse of over 800 men from Kansas and Missouri rode to Lawrence to arrest members of the free state government. The citizens of Lawrence decided against resistance.

  • Pottawatomie Massacre

    Pottawatomie Massacre
    A small band of abolitionists led by John Brown murdered five pro-slavery men just north of here along Pottawatomie Creek. This massacre in "Bleeding Kansas" was one of the most famous events leading up to the American Civil War. Brown was later captured, tried and hanged for his unsuccessful raid on Harper's Ferry, (West) Virginia in 1859.

  • Franklin Pierce Ended Presidency

    Franklin Pierce Ended Presidency
    Franklin Pierce's Presidency Time Spam
    Franklin ended his presidency March 3, 1857. He wanted to be re-elected, but lost his re-election. After Pierce lost his re-election, he didn't want to do anything with the government anymore.