Encyclopedia - Franklin Pierce: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin Pierce - Early Life
Pierce was born in 1804 in a log cabin near Hillsborough, New Hampshire, part of the Transcendental Generation. The site of his birth is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philip Phillips: Encyclopedia Ii - Philip Phillips - Family And Early Life
Philip Phillips was born into a Jewish family in Charleston, South Carolina, the son of Aaron Pfeiffer from Ansbach, Bavaria, who changed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philip Phillips: Encyclopedia Ii - Philip Phillips - Civil War
A delegate to the 1852 Democratic National Convention at Baltimore, Maryland, Phillips gave a speech in support of Franklin Pierce who re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin Pierce: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin Pierce - Legacy
Places named after President Pierce: Franklin Pierce College in Rindge, New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School District in Tacoma, Washing...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin Pierce: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin Pierce - Presidency
Pierce served as president from March 4, 1853, to March 4, 1857. Two months before he took office, shortly after boarding a train in Bost...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin Pierce: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin Pierce - Political Career
Pierce began his political career in 1828, when he was elected to the lower house of the New Hampshire General Court, the New Hampshire H...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Franklin Pierce: Encyclopedia Ii - Franklin Pierce - Election Of 1852
The Democratic Party nominated Pierce as a "dark horse" candidate during the Democratic National Convention of 1852. The convention assem...   » Read the article