Franklin Pierce

Franklin Pierce was born in 1804 and became the 14th President of the United States. He won the election in 1853, and history remembers him as one of the country’s worst presidents. Most historians don’t look too fondly upon Pierce because his actions eventually led the country into the Civil War of 1861.

He could not ease the tensions over the widespread practice of slavery, and the South and the North were too divided during his time. War became inevitable after he was pressured into backing the Kansas-Nebraska Act. His term ended in 1857, and he passed away in 1869.