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Franklin Pierce
Civil War Encyclopedia >> People - Other
| June 1, 1852 | Democratic Convention begins in Baltimore, Maryland. Four candidates, Lewis Cass, Stephen Douglas, William Marcy and James Buchanan struggle for philosophical control of the Democrat Party. On the 35th ballot the name of Franklin Pierce is added by the state of Virginia | |
| Stephen A. Douglas | ||
| James Buchanan | ||
| Election of 1852 | ||
| November 2, 1852 | Democrats Franklin Pierce and William King defeat Whigs Winfield Scott and William Graham for President and Vice-President | |
| Election of 1852 | ||
| January 23, 1854 | Following a discussion with Franklin Pierce and Secretary of War Jefferson Davis, Douglas releases the Nebraska act with two significant changes: Two terrortories, Kansas and Nebraska will be formed and the Missouri Compromise is superceded and inoperative. | |
| Stephen A. Douglas | ||
| Jefferson Davis | ||
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | ||
| Missouri Compromise (Compromise of 1820) | ||
| May 30, 1854 | President Franklin Pierce signs the Kansas-Nebraska Act into law. | Kansas |
| Bleeding Kansas | ||
| Kansas becomes a state | ||
| Causes of the Civil War | ||
| Kansas-Nebraska Act | ||
| July 7, 1854 | Franklin Pierce swears Andrew Reeder in as territorial governor of Kansas in Washington, D. C. | Kansas |
| January 24, 1856 | Franklin Pierce rejects the Topeka Constitution because the vote did not constitute "...the body politic" | Kansas |
| Kansas becomes a state | ||
| March 24, 1856 | President Franklin Pierce sends all "...documents touching the affairs of the Territory of Kansas" between the dates of January 1, 1855 and June 30, 1855 to the House of Representatives to comply with an earlier request | Kansas |
| Kansas becomes a state | ||
| June 2, 1856 June 6, 1856 |
Democratic Convention - After 14 ballots, sitting President Franklin Pierce withdraws his name from nomination. Stephen Douglas withdraws at the end of the 16th ballot. James Buchanan is nominated by acclamation | Maryland |
| Stephen A. Douglas | ||
| Election of 1856 | ||
| James Buchanan | ||
| July 4, 1856 | Under direct orders from President Franklin Pierce, Edwin Vose Sumner leads 200 infantrymen into Topeka, Kansas, unlimbers his artillery and informs the freestaters they may not hold a convention. | Kansas |
| Edwin Vose Sumner | ||
| Bleeding Kansas |
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