Education:
Graduated from Bowdoin College (1824)
Occupation:
Lawyer, public official
Religion:
Episcopalian
Wife:
Jane
Means Appleton (1806-1863), on November 10, 1834
Children:
Franklin Pierce (1836);
Frank Robert
Pierce (1839-43);
Benjamin Pierce (1841-53)
Father:
General Benjamin Pierce
Mother:
Ann
Kendrick Pierce
Years in
office:
(March 4, 1853 to March 3, 1857)
Born:
November 23, 1804, in Hillsborough (now
Hillsboro), New Hampshire
Died:
October 8, 1869, in Concord, New Hampshire
Age at
death:
65
Elected
from:
New Hampshire
Political
Party:
Democrat
Other Government
Positions:
Served in New Hampshire Legislature, 1829-33
Member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1833-37
Unites States Senate,
1837-42
Presidential
Salary:
$25,000/year
Vice
President:
William R. King (1853-57)
Secretary of
State:
William L. Marcy (1853-57)
Secretary of the
Treasury:
James Guthrie (1853-57)
Secretary of
War:
Jefferson Davis (1853-57)
February 9, 1861,
Elected president of the Confederate States
Attorney
General:
Caleb Cushing (1853-57)
Postmaster
General:
James Campbell (1853-57)
Secretary of the
Navy:
James C. Dobbin (1853-57)
Secretary of the
Interior
Robert McClelland (1853-57)
Links /
Resources:
The White
House
PO Box 1427