Franklin Pierce
| Rank: | 14th (1853-1857) |
| Followed: | Millard Fillmore |
| Succeeded by: | James Buchanan |
| Date of Birth | November 23, 1804 |
| Place of Birth: | Hillsboro, New Hampshire |
| Date of Death: | October 8, 1869 |
| Place of Death: | Concord, New Hampshire |
| First Lady: | Jane Means Appleton |
| Occupation: | lawyer |
| Political Party: | Democrat |
| Vice President: | William R. King |
Franklin Pierce was the 14th (1853-1857) president of the United States. Native of New Hampshire. An advocate of compromise between slave and free states, Pierce is associated with the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act which led to the Bloody Kansas struggles. Outside of politics, Pierce was a friend of literary figure Nathaniel Hawthorne.