Franklin Pierce
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Most Influential Person Across History
President of the United States from 1853 to 1857
Why Is Franklin Pierce Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Franklin Pierce was the 14th president of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857. A northern Democrat who believed that the abolitionist movement was a fundamental threat to the nation's unity, he alienated anti-slavery groups by signing the Kansas–Nebraska Act and enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act. Conflict between North and South continued after Pierce's presidency, and, after Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860, the Southern states seceded, resulting in the American Civil War.
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