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Birth: November 23, 1804
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Served in New Hampshire Legislature, 1829-33
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Member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1833-37
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Franklin Pierce was married to Jane Means Appleton Pierce in 1834
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Unites States Senate, 1837-42
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•Gadsden Purchase (1853
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•Ostend Manifesto (1854)
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•Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)
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Term of Office: March 4, 1853-March 3, 1857
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Death: October 8, 1869