FRANKLIN PIERCE, by George Peter Alexander
FRANKLIN PIERCE, by George Peter Alexander Healy, 1858, oil on canvas. Pierce was a Doughface president in the decade preceding the Civil War. He was a New Hampshire Democrat who opposed the Abolitionist movement for increasing sectional conflict. As President, he signed the Kansas-Nebraska Act and enforced the Fugitive Slave Act
Picture No
13122979
Media ID
45382383
Size
2269px x 3000px
(798KB)
Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
Source
Courtesy Everett Collection
