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href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8D%8D%E1%88%AB%E1%8A%95%E1%8A%AD%E1%88%8A%E1%8A%95_%E1%8D%92%E1%88%AD%E1%88%B5" title="ፍራንክሊን ፒርስ – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="ፍራንክሊን ፒርስ" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ang mw-list-item"><a href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3" title="فرانكلين بيرس – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="فرانكلين بيرس" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pirs" title="Franklin Pirs – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Franklin Pirs" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86_%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%B3" title="فرانکلین پیرس – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="فرانکلین پیرس" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8" title="ফ্রাংকলিন পিয়ের্স – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ফ্রাংকলিন পিয়ের্স" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BD_%D0%9F%D1%96%D1%80%D1%81" title="Франклін Пірс – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Франклін Пірс" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BD_%D0%9F%D1%96%D1%80%D1%81" title="Франклін Пірс – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Франклін Пірс" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bi mw-list-item"><a href="https://bi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Bislama" lang="bi" hreflang="bi" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Bislama" data-language-local-name="Bislama" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bislama</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%9F%D0%B8%D1%8A%D1%80%D1%81" title="Франклин Пиърс – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Франклин Пиърс" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%9F%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%81" title="Франклин Пирс – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Франклин Пирс" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tum mw-list-item"><a href="https://tum.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Tumbuka" lang="tum" hreflang="tum" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="ChiTumbuka" data-language-local-name="Tumbuka" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiTumbuka</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dv mw-list-item"><a href="https://dv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DE%8A%DE%B0%DE%83%DE%AC%DE%82%DE%B0%DE%86%DE%B0%DE%8D%DE%A8%DE%82%DE%B0_%DE%95%DE%A8%DE%87%DE%A6%DE%83%DE%90%DE%B0" title="ފްރެންކްލިން ޕިއަރސް – Divehi" lang="dv" hreflang="dv" data-title="ފްރެންކްލިން ޕިއަރސް" data-language-autonym="ދިވެހިބަސް" data-language-local-name="Divehi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ދިވެހިބަސް</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A6%CF%81%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BD_%CE%A0%CE%B9%CF%81%CF%82" title="Φράνκλιν Πιρς – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Φράνκλιν Πιρς" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86_%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%B3" title="فرانکلین پیرس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="فرانکلین پیرس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%94%84%EB%9E%AD%ED%81%B4%EB%A6%B0_%ED%94%BC%EC%96%B4%EC%8A%A4" title="프랭클린 피어스 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="프랭클린 피어스" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%96%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AF%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D5%93%D5%AB%D6%80%D5%BD" title="Ֆրանկլին Փիրս – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ֆրանկլին Փիրս" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8" title="फ्रैंकलिन पियर्स – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="फ्रैंकलिन पियर्स" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%A1" title="פרנקלין פירס – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="פרנקלין פירס" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A4%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%99%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%98%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98" title="ფრანკლინ პირსი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ფრანკლინ პირსი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%9F%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%81" title="Франклин Пирс – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Франклин Пирс" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rw mw-list-item"><a href="https://rw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Kinyarwanda" lang="rw" hreflang="rw" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Ikinyarwanda" data-language-local-name="Kinyarwanda" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ikinyarwanda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklinus_Pierce" title="Franklinus Pierce – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Franklinus Pierce" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frenklins_P%C4%ABrss" title="Frenklins Pīrss – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Frenklins Pīrss" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lfn mw-list-item"><a href="https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Lingua Franca Nova" lang="lfn" hreflang="lfn" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Lingua Franca Nova" data-language-local-name="Lingua Franca Nova" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingua Franca Nova</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%99%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8" title="फ्र्याङ्कलिन पार्स – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="फ्र्याङ्कलिन पार्स" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%9F%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%81" title="Френклин Пирс – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Френклин Пирс" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AB%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%99%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%BF%E0%B5%BB_%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%B4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D" title="ഫ്രാങ്ക്ലിൻ പിയേഴ്സ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഫ്രാങ്ക്ലിൻ പിയേഴ്സ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%81%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8" title="फ्रँकलिन पियर्स – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="फ्रँकलिन पियर्स" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A4%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%99%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C_%E1%83%9E%E1%83%98%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98" title="ფრანკლინ პირსი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ფრანკლინ პირსი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3" title="فرانكلين بيرس – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="فرانكلين بيرس" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86_%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%B3" title="فرانکلین پیرس – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="فرانکلین پیرس" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%9F%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%81" title="Франклин Пирс – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Франклин Пирс" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%96%E1%80%9B%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%80%E1%80%9C%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA_%E1%80%95%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9A%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B8%E1%80%85%E1%80%BA" title="ဖရန်ကလင် ပီးယားစ် – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဖရန်ကလင် ပီးယားစ်" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8" title="फ्र्यांकलिन पार्स – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="फ्र्यांकलिन पार्स" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%94%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9" title="フランクリン・ピアース – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="フランクリン・ピアース" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AB%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%88%E0%A8%82%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%A8_%E0%A8%AA%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%87%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%B8" title="ਫਰੈਂਕਲਿਨ ਪਾਇਰਸ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਫਰੈਂਕਲਿਨ ਪਾਇਰਸ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%84%D9%86_%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%A6%D8%B1%D8%B3" title="فرینکلن پیئرس – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="فرینکلن پیئرس" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86_%D9%BE%DB%8C%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%B3" title="فرانکلین پییرس – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="فرانکلین پییرس" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ksh mw-list-item"><a href="https://ksh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Colognian" lang="ksh" hreflang="ksh" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Ripoarisch" data-language-local-name="Colognian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ripoarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rm mw-list-item"><a href="https://rm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce" title="Franklin Pierce – Romansh" lang="rm" hreflang="rm" data-title="Franklin Pierce" data-language-autonym="Rumantsch" data-language-local-name="Romansh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Rumantsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%81,_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD" title="Пирс, 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King</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Millard_Fillmore" title="Millard Fillmore">Millard Fillmore</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_Buchanan" title="James Buchanan">James Buchanan</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em 0.2em"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senator</a><br />from <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 4, 1837 – February 28, 1842</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=John_Page_(New_Hampshire)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Page (New Hampshire) (not yet started)">John Page</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Leonard_Wilcox&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Leonard Wilcox (not yet started)">Leonard Wilcox</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em 0.2em">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a>'s <a href="/w/index.php?title=New_Hampshire%27s_At-large_congressional_district&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="New Hampshire's At-large congressional district (not yet started)">At-large</a> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1837</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9689576"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Hammons&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joseph Hammons (not yet started)">Joseph Hammons</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jared_W._Williams&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jared W. Williams (not yet started)">Jared Williams</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1804-11-23</span>)</span>November 23, 1804<br /><a href="/wiki/Hillsborough_(town),_New_Hampshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Hillsborough (town), New Hampshire">Hillsborough</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">October 8, 1869<span style="display:none">(1869-10-08)</span> (aged 64)<br /><a href="/wiki/Concord,_New_Hampshire" title="Concord, New Hampshire">Concord</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data">American</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jane_Pierce" title="Jane Pierce">Jane Appleton Pierce</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Religion</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Anglican_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglican Church">Anglican Church</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Franklin Pierce</b> (November 23, 1804 – October 8, 1869) was the 14th <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">president of the United States</a> (1853–1857) and is the only president from New Hampshire. Pierce was a Democrat and a "doughface" (a Northerner with Southern sympathies) who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. Pierce's presidency is mostly remembered for the disastrous Kansas-Nebraska Act which set the country towards Civil War. His presidency is regarded as one of the worst in American history. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Pierce&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: Early life" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Pierce&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Early life"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r8538344"><table class="box-No_sources plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-4.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Question_book-4.svg/50px-Question_book-4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Question_book-4.svg/75px-Question_book-4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Question_book-4.svg/100px-Question_book-4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="262" data-file-height="204" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not have any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> You can help Wikipedia by finding <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RELIABLE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RELIABLE">good</a> sources, and adding them.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">December 2020</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Pierce was born on November 23, 1804, in <a href="/wiki/Hillsborough,_New_Hampshire" title="Hillsborough, New Hampshire">Hillsborough, New Hampshire</a>. He attended school at Hillsborough Center but then moved to Hancock Academy in <a href="/wiki/Hancock" class="mw-redirect" title="Hancock">Hancock</a> at the age of 12. After attending school there for five years, he was transferred to <a href="/wiki/Phillips_Exeter_Academy" title="Phillips Exeter Academy">Phillips Exeter Academy</a> in the spring of 1820. After he entered, he felt homesick and returned home. Consequently, his father then put him in a wagon, drove him half way back to school, and left him on the roadside without saying a word. Franklin walked the seven remaining miles back to school. Later that year, he was transferred to <a href="/wiki/Phillips_Exeter_Academy" title="Phillips Exeter Academy">Phillips Exeter Academy</a> to prepare for <a href="/wiki/College" title="College">college</a>. That fall, he was sent to <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bowdoin_College&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bowdoin College (not yet started)">Bowdoin College</a> in <a href="/wiki/Brunswick,_Maine" title="Brunswick, Maine">Brunswick, Maine</a>. While he was there, Franklin Pierce participated in literary, political, and debating clubs. During his second year there, his grades were the lowest in his class, but he was able to improve them and graduated with the rank of fifth in his class. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Pierce&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: Career" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Pierce&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Career"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r8538344"><table class="box-No_sources plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-4.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Question_book-4.svg/50px-Question_book-4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Question_book-4.svg/75px-Question_book-4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Question_book-4.svg/100px-Question_book-4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="262" data-file-height="204" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not have any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> You can help Wikipedia by finding <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RELIABLE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RELIABLE">good</a> sources, and adding them.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">December 2020</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Once finished with college, he went to law school in Northampton, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>. Pierce was admitted to the bar and began law practice in Concord, <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a>, in 1827. Franklin Pierce rose to a central position in the Democratic party of New Hampshire and was elected to the lower house in New Hampshire’s <a href="/w/index.php?title=General_Court&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="General Court (not yet started)">General Court</a> in 1828. Pierce served in the State House from 1829 to 1833 and also served as Speaker from 1832 to 1833. Then in 1832, Franklin was elected <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a> to the 23rd and 24th of Congress from March 4, 1833, to March 4, 1837. At 27 years of age, Pierce was the youngest <a href="/wiki/U.S._Representative" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Representative">U.S. Representative</a> at that time. In 1836, he was elected by the New Hampshire General Court as a Democrat to the <a href="/wiki/U.S_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S Senate">U.S Senate</a>, serving from March 4, 1837, to February 28, 1842. After serving in the Senate, Pierce went back to Concord to resume law practice. He then was <a href="/w/index.php?title=U.S._Attorney&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="U.S. Attorney (not yet started)">U.S. Attorney</a> from 1845 to 1847 for the district of New Hampshire, though he declined Democratic nomination for Governor of New Hampshire and refused the appointment as General of the United States. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Pierce&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Change section: Personal life" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Pierce&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: Personal life"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r8538344"><table class="box-No_sources plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-4.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Question_book-4.svg/50px-Question_book-4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Question_book-4.svg/75px-Question_book-4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Question_book-4.svg/100px-Question_book-4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="262" data-file-height="204" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not have any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> You can help Wikipedia by finding <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RELIABLE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RELIABLE">good</a> sources, and adding them.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">December 2020</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>On November 19, 1834, Franklin Pierce married <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jane_Means_Appleton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jane Means Appleton (not yet started)">Jane Means Appleton</a>. They had three children, all of which died in childhood. Franklin Pierce Jr. died only three days after birth; and Frank Robert Pierce died at four years of age from <a href="/wiki/Epidemic_typhus" title="Epidemic typhus">epidemic typhus</a>; just two months before his inauguration, Franklin Pierce and his family boarded a train bound for Boston. Shortly after, their derailed car started to roll down an <a href="/wiki/Embankment" class="mw-redirect" title="Embankment">embankment</a>. Franklin and Jane survived, merely shaken up, but saw their 11-year-old son Benjamin get crushed to death. Jane Pierce thought the train accident was a divine punishment for Franklin’s pursuit and acceptance of high office. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="President_years">President years</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Pierce&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Change section: President years" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Franklin_Pierce&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section's source code: President years"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Franklin Pierce served as <a href="/wiki/President" title="President">President</a> from March 4, 1853, to March 4, 1857. He was the first President to “affirm” his oath of office instead of swearing it (the only other president to do this has been <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Hoover" title="Herbert Hoover">Herbert Hoover</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> So rather than placing his hands on the Bible, Franklin Pierce placed his hands on a law book. He was also the first President to recite his inaugural address from memory. Surprisingly, Franklin Pierce selected men of different opinions for his Cabinet. Many people expected a diverse group to break up quickly, but the Cabinet stayed together for Pierce’s four-year term. </p><p>Franklin Pierce’s toughest challenge as president was the passage of the <a href="/wiki/Kansas-Nebraska_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Kansas-Nebraska Act">Kansas-Nebraska Act</a> in 1854. 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