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Franklin Pierce was born in Hillsborough County, N.H., on Nov. 23, 1804, the son of a Revolutionary general and governor of New Hampshire. Pierce graduated from Bowdoin College and studied law under Levi Woodbury, who was secretary of the Treasury under Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren. Following his father, Pierce joined the Democratic party, supporting Jackson for election in 1828. Pierce served in the New Hampshire Legislature (1828-1832) and in the U.S. House of Representatives (1832-1842). Pierce declined President James Polk's offer of the position of attorney general, instead accepting appointment as U.S. attorney for New Hampshire. During the Mexican War, Pierce served as a brigadier general under Winfield Scott.
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Franklin Pierce is a four-year, coeducational, nonsectarian college located in New Hampshire. The main campus in Rindge, New Hampshire is situated on over 1,000 wooded acres on the shore of Pearly Pond near the base of Mount Monadnock. Franklin Pierce College's curriculum is a blend of traditional liberal arts, pre-professional study, teacher preparation programs, and a nationally-recognized core curriculum, “The Individual and Community.” The College ... operates six Graduate & Professional Studies centers in Concord, Keene, Lebanon, Manchester, Portsmouth and online. For more information, please visit www.franklinpierce.edu , or call (800) 437-0048.
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Franklin Pierce was born in a log cabin in Hillsborough, New Hampshire. Soon after his birth, his family moved into a spacious home nearby. Pierce's father was active in politics, attaining the governorship of New Hampshire.
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Franklin Pierce, son of a Revolutionary War veteran, was born in Hillsborough, New Hampshire. He graduated from Bowdoin College where he was a classmate of Longfellow and Hawthorne, the latter becoming a lifelong friend.
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Franklin Pierce (November 23, 1804 – October 8, 1869) was an American politician and the fourteenth President of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857. To date, he is the only president from New Hampshire.
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James Buchanan succeded Franklin Pierce at the 1856 presidential election as the latter was not nominated the second time by his party members. This loss marked the beginning of the suffering of Pierce as he resorted to alcohols not able to withstand the further break of his married life which he shared with Jane Means Appleton Pierce. His declaration for the need for Confederacy spoilt his name intensely and he finally rested in peace dying in Concord, New Hampshire at 4:40 a.m..He suffered from the disease namely Cirrhosis on 8th October ,1869 at the age of 64 and finally interred in the Minot Enclosure in the Old North Cemetery located in Concord. Wikipedia
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