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President Pierce   /prˈɛzədˌɛnt pɪrs/   Listen
President Pierce

noun
1.
14th President of the United States (1804-1869).  Synonyms: Franklin Pierce, Pierce.






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"President pierce" Quotes from Famous Books



... When President Pierce was inaugurated, on the fourth of March, 1853, the pride and power of the Democratic party seemed to be at their flood. In his inaugural message he expressed the fervent hope that the slavery question was "forever at ...
— Political Recollections - 1840 to 1872 • George W. Julian

... 1852 that the joint resolution was passed creating the brevet rank of lieutenant general, and General Scott succeeded to that dignity in the army. The law did not in terms carry with it the pay and emoluments of the brevet rank, and Mr. Davis, who had become Secretary of War under President Pierce, referred the question to the Attorney-General, Mr. Caleb Cushing; but before that officer rendered an opinion Congress inserted a declaratory provision in the military appropriation bill, which, becoming a law, gave the pay proper and all that went ...
— General Scott • General Marcus J. Wright



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