Selasa, 03 Agustus 2010

James Buchanan

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Born

April 23, 1791


Birth Place

Mercersburg, Pennsylvania


Political party

Democratic


Spouse(s)

None (Bachelor)


Occupation

Lawyer, Diplomat


Religion

Presbyterian


Died

June 1, 1868


Death Place

Lancaster, Pennsylvania



James Buchanan was served as the 15th President of the United States. A popular and knowledgeable state politician and very successful attorney prior to his presidency. Buchanan's efforts to preserve peace between the North and the South alienated both sides, and the Southern states confirmed their secession in the prologue to the American Civil War. Buchanan's view of record was that secession was illegal, but that leaving to war to stop it was also illegal. Buchanan, first and leading an attorney, was noted for his mantra, "I acknowledge no master but the law." By the time he left office, popular opinion had turned beside him, and the Democratic Party had divide in two. He had once aspired to a presidency that would grade in history with that of George Washington.

Franklin Pierce

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Born

November 23, 1804


Birth Place

Hillsborough,


New Hampshire


Political party

Democratic


Spouse(s)

Jane Appleton Pierce


Occupation

Lawyer


Religion

Episcopal


Died

October 8, 1869


Death Place

Concord, New Hampshire



Franklin Pierce was served as 14th President of the United States and he was American politician and lawyer. He has been the only one President from New Hampshire. He took part in the Mexican American War and became a brigadier general. He made several divisive decisions which were extensively criticized and earned him a reputation as one of the worst presidents in U.S. history. Pierce's esteem in the North declined sharply after he came out in support of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, repealing the Missouri Compromise and improved the debate over expanding slavery in the West. After down the Democratic nomination, Pierce continued his lifelong fight with alcoholism as his marriage to Jane Means Appleton Pierce fell apart.

Senin, 02 Agustus 2010

Millard Fillmore

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Born

January 7, 1800


Birth Place

Summerhill, New York


Political party

Anti-Masonic, Whig, American


Spouse(s)

Abigail Powers,


Caroline Carmichael McIntosh


Occupation

Lawyer


Religion

Unitarian


Died

March 8, 1874


Death Place

Buffalo, New York



Millard Fillmore was served as the 13th President of the United States, and the final member of the Whig Party to hold that office. He became the second Vice President to guess the presidency after the death of a sitting president when he succeeded Zachary Taylor, who died of sensitive gastroenteritis. Fillmore was not at all elected president. After helping out Taylor's term, he failed to achieve the nomination of the Whigs for president in the 1852 presidential election, and, four years later, in the 1856 presidential election, he another time failed to win election as the Know Nothing Party and Whig candidate.

James K. Polk

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Born

November 2, 1795


Birth Place

Pineville, North


Political party

Democratic


Spouse(s)

Sarah Childress Polk


Occupation

Lawyer, Farmer


Religion

Methodist


Died

June 15, 1849


Death Place

Nashville, Tennessee



James Knox Polk was served as the 11th President of the United States. A firm follower of Andrew Jackson, Polk was the last strong pre-Civil War president. Polk is renowned for his foreign policy successes. He is more famous for foremost the nation into the Mexican American War, in which the US was victorious. As president, Polk "extended the Union by settling claims to Texas and the Oregon Territory and by acquiring California and the Southwest". Polk signed the Walker Tariff that brings an era of nearly free trade to the country until 1861.