Ruler · 1804 – 1869

Franklin Pierce

Lived 1804 – 1869; statesperson, politician, military officer. President of the United States (United States), 1853 – 1857.

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Lived: 1804 – 1869; 65 years
In office: 4 years; one reign
Lines: 1; United States
Left it: left office alive; read off the dates alone

President of the United States

United States · the 15th of 48 dated reigns · 1789 – 2025

11 before

James K. Polk1845 – 1849

Zachary Taylor1849 – 1850

Millard Fillmore1850 – 1853

Franklin Pierce1853 – 1857

James Buchanan1857 – 1861

Abraham Lincoln1861 – 1865

Andrew Johnson1865 – 1869

30 after

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1853 – 1857 · 4 years · came to it aged 49

Left it: left office aliveread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1857; they died in 1869

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