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Lots of - they have a whole Web site for student groups dealing with the - they have a new display called the Franklin Pierce, defining democracy in America, which is the largest display of Franklin Pierce artifacts and ephemera.
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An interesting idea, but I got bogged down trying to figure out if Patron's XO Cafe Dark Cocoa was the Chester Arthur or the Franklin Pierce of liqueurs.
Tony Sachs: Candy? Flowers? Feh! New Spirits To Wow Your Sweetie This Valentine's Day Tony Sachs 2012
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A West Point graduate, he led a regiment in battle in Mexico only Joseph E. Johnston among all those who eventually commanded Civil War armies could match this part of Davis's résumé, served as an innovative and able secretary of war under Franklin Pierce, and chaired the Senate's committee on military affairs.
Gary Gallagher: Was there a better choice for C.S.A. president than Jefferson Davis? Gary Gallagher 2011
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Perhaps more important, Davis had been Secretary of War during the Franklin Pierce administration; so theoretically, Davis understood how to prepare for and manage war -- a prospect for the South.
Dennis Frye: Was there a better choice for C.S.A. president than Jefferson Davis? Dennis Frye 2011
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Romney is related to Presidents Calvin Coolidge (10th cousins), Herbert Hoover (10th cousins) and Franklin Pierce (sixth cousins, four times removed), through him.
HUFFPOST HILL - GOP Lawmaker Proposes Christmas Cuddle Summit Eliot Nelson 2011
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John F. Kennedy may have suffered from sex addiction (and a host of other secret maladies) while Franklin Pierce drank heavily in the White House (in part in mourning for his 11-year-old son who died before his eyes in a train accident two months before the inauguration).
Obama Isn't Trying to 'Weaken America' Michael Medved 2011
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Six others were not career soldiers but attained the rank by appointment: Franklin Pierce, Mexican War; Andrew Johnson, Rutherford B.
Kenneth C. Davis: Presidents Day? Not Really! Kenneth C. Davis 2011
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An interesting idea, but I got bogged down trying to figure out if Patron's XO Cafe Dark Cocoa was the Chester Arthur or the Franklin Pierce of liqueurs.
Tony Sachs: Candy? Flowers? Feh! New Spirits To Wow Your Sweetie This Valentine's Day Tony Sachs 2012
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Six others were not career soldiers but attained the rank by appointment: Franklin Pierce, Mexican War; Andrew Johnson, Rutherford B.
Kenneth C. Davis: Presidents Day? Not Really! Kenneth C. Davis 2011
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Franklin Pierce 1853-1857, $2 Million, Pierce's father was frontier farmer, and his wife was well-to-do aristocrat.
The Net Worth Of Every American President, From Washington To Obama: 24/7 Wall Street 2011
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