Born: November 23, 1804

Died: October 8, 1869

First Lady: Jane Means Appleton Pierce

Political Party: Democratic

Presidential Term: March 4, 1853 to March 3, 1857

Famous Quote: “The storm of frenzy and faction must inevitably dash itself in vain against the unshaken rock of the Constitution.”

Timeline

1824 Graduated from Bowdoin College

1827 Admitted to the bar

1834 Married Jane Means Appleton

1846-1848 Mexican War

1829-1833 Member of the New Hampshire legislature

1831-1832 Speaker of the New Hampshire legislature

1833-1837 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives

1837-1842 U.S. senator from New Hampshire

1845-1847 U.S. district attorney for state of New Hampshire

1846-1848 Served in the army during Mexican-American War

1853-1857 Fourteenth president of the United States