. The authorized pictorial lives of Stephen Grover Cleveland and Thomas Andrews Hendricks. i^^^^ 384 LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES 3F FRANKLIN PIERCE. In the campaign of 1852, Franklin Pierce, of New Hamp-shire, was the Democratic candidate. Ho was born in New-Hampshire, November 23, 1804, and was a comparativelyunknown man, being another of the * dark horses of theDemocracy. By profession he was a lawyer, and had repre-sented his State in the National Senate. In the Mexican warhe held the position of a general, but made no record forgalhmtry or generalship. His opponent was General Win-field Scott
. The authorized pictorial lives of Stephen Grover Cleveland and Thomas Andrews Hendricks. i^^^^ 384 LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES 3F FRANKLIN PIERCE. In the campaign of 1852, Franklin Pierce, of New Hamp-shire, was the Democratic candidate. Ho was born in New-Hampshire, November 23, 1804, and was a comparativelyunknown man, being another of the * dark horses of theDemocracy. By profession he was a lawyer, and had repre-sented his State in the National Senate. In the Mexican warhe held the position of a general, but made no record forgalhmtry or generalship. His opponent was General Win-field Scott, and the Whig party hoped to repeat the successthey had obtained by nominating General Taylor. Their effort proved a failure, and they secured only 42electoral votes to 254 for Pierce, although the Free SoilDemocracy sought to injure the regular ticket by namingJohn P. Hale as their candidate. This defeat finished theWhig party, and from this time we find an organization solelyon slavery and abolition lines, if we except the NativeAmerican movement which now began. The dispute (in 185
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