Franklin Pierce
Fourteenth President of the United States
1853-1857
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Birthplace: Hillsboro, New Hampshire
Birthdate: November 23, 1804
Death Place: Concord, New Hampshire
Death date: October 8, 1869
Prior Occupation: Laywer, Public Official
Party: Democrat
Wife: Jane Means Appleton

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Term: 1853 - 1857
Vice President: William R. King
-1853-
Inaugurated as president (March)
Vice President King died (April)
got Malaria (June)
Crystal Palace exposition opened in New York City (July)
-1854-
Treaty of Kangawa - trade open with Japan (March)
Canadian Reciprocity treaty - fishing alowed so far into each other's country (June)
-1855-
Proclomation - against invasion of Nicaragua (December)
-1856-
Proclomation - end to interstate violence (February)
veto - Mississippi river improvement bill (May)
Proclomation - boundary between Mexico and united States (June)
veto - De Moines Rapid (Mississippi River) improvement bill (August)
veto - other river improvement bills (August)
Congress over rides presidential vetos to fix river (August)
-1857-
Met Buchanan for inaugural parade (March)

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