I don’t agree with what his policies were, but I feel horrible for this man. He lived a very sad life.

@houseofleaves126

3 жыл бұрын

It’s hard for most people to feel bad for a guy that sympathised with slave owners and pushed the country towards a terrible civil war.

@Tylerboyd2001

3 жыл бұрын

@@houseofleaves126 at the end of the day I don’t wish what happened to him upon anyone.

@the4tierbridge

3 жыл бұрын

@@houseofleaves126 He saw his son decapitated by a TRAIN CAR. Have you no empathy?

@Eazy-ERyder

2 жыл бұрын

Historically, Most people talk about and remember him only for his miserably terrible presidency but this legacy was an even sadder tragedy.. Having had to watch his LAST and only surviving Son nearly hideously Decapitated and killed right before his eyes (and his wife's) in a horrific train crash just weeks before assuming the presidency is just NOT imaginable. That -TRAIN WRECK- became an identical referendum on Him, the First Lady and his whole administration.

@the4tierbridge

2 жыл бұрын

@@Eazy-ERyder Then his vice president died within his first 100 days.

Its amazing how conventions were back in those days. You could be an unknown and not even attend the convention but still get nominated.

@terrencegibbons3351

2 жыл бұрын

Do you honestly believe that? Pierce was from a family of Freemasons and he was selected to Congress. No elected. Wake up

Every President's Day, I honor our 14th President with his immortal words of "Nothing left to do but drink".

@WilliamFlickinger-ex2sd

11 ай бұрын

Are youvl

@bowgart683

2 ай бұрын

Are you ok

@timfortune9

2 ай бұрын

@@bowgart683 Not dead yet!

A heartbreaking life. One can understand why this man failed as president. No human can do great things with such a tragic start.

@Biscuitdough

Жыл бұрын

Some can and have...

Somebody ought to tell Franklin that alcohol is a depressant, not a stimulant.

@briane173

3 жыл бұрын

Uh, too late....

@charlesgallagher1376

3 жыл бұрын

One drink is a stimulant, 10 drinks is a depressant.

@dddaavvviiiddd6800

3 жыл бұрын

It’s a what

@mcrdl76

3 жыл бұрын

@@dddaavvviiiddd6800 Also adversely affects cognition , memory, and judgement :)

@tj.espygil4544

2 жыл бұрын

Someone could try to tell him, but he's still dead.

I went to visit my father and mother yesterday and he has scrap books with articles and transactions from a store dated 1853. I told him he should shrink wrap them...that's over 100 years old. it blew me away..

If i remember right little benny pierce was practically decapitated. Poor Franklin and Mrs. Pierce =(

@TheAeroAvatar

4 жыл бұрын

What's remarkable is that Benny was the only one to die and they didn't. What the hell happened on that train that they lived but their son lost his head? I mean holy shit.

@donaldhorn1

4 жыл бұрын

Poor Benny!

@JayCity10

4 жыл бұрын

I don't know which presidency was more tragic Pierce or Kennedy.

@cherylschantz9893

Жыл бұрын

Can you imagine losing all 3 sons, in 3 separate tragedies? I would have gone insane.

The guy narrating Franklin pierces voice was the brother in law to jfk and a former vice presidential canidate in 1972

@Eclectic999

4 жыл бұрын

Logan Perchard Thank you. I thought he sounded familiar.

@SomeRamdomAhole

Жыл бұрын

Sargent shriver

It is important to know that Pierce was one of only four presidents of the first 16 who NEVER OWNED SLAVES (the four were the two Adamses,Lincoln and Pierce.

@waldolydecker8118

9 ай бұрын

Doesn't matter....Pierce was a lifelong racist and lifelong incompetent. Not owning slaves won't save him; his after-life Judgement Day still earned him a spot in Hell for using his power and authority to promote widespread human abuse, captivity, and murder. As dumb as he was, he knew he had no chance when he was drinking himself to death. Might as well.

He was a underrated president

@waldolydecker8118

9 ай бұрын

Yep, in the minds of racists. They agree he should get more recognition.

This guy seriously could never catch a break, could he? Must've really sucked to be him during that time. Sad thing is, if he had never become president, maybe things would've worked out much better for himself as well as the country. That was probably his worst mistake.

@DW-rs8tq

3 жыл бұрын

No. The Civil War was bound to happen.Everyone did their best to cope with the issue of slavery the best they could.The point of no return came with Lincon

@TheAeroAvatar

2 жыл бұрын

@@DW-rs8tq Maybe. The civil war was almost certainly unpreventable. But who knows? If there was any chance of averting it, Pierce was not the man to see to it. And he almost certainly would not have seen his life and reputation fall to pieces if he hadn't won the office. His son probably never would've been on that train either. The presidency pretty much ruined his life.

He could be my ancestor on my dad's side of the family.

'in1840 pierce finally renounced alcohol'...lmao right

@Pentagonshark666

3 жыл бұрын

Hands down because he 20 years silver.

@w00dt0rchshowsandmods2

Жыл бұрын

@@Pentagonshark666 Don't you mean sober?

@waldolydecker8118

9 ай бұрын

@@w00dt0rchshowsandmods2 - no he meant Pierce had to keep his hands down because 20 years of drinking made his liver silver.

@w00dt0rchshowsandmods2

9 ай бұрын

Ah I see.

The county where Tacoma WA is located is Pierce County, named for Franklin Pierce. There is a high school in suburban Tacoma named Franklin Pierce High School.

Bleeding Kansas ruined his legacy forever!

@yourmama3515

5 жыл бұрын

You mean slavery

Him and his wife had a sad life. I feel bad for them

@DissidentClipper

7 жыл бұрын

Captain Sum Ting Wong Not really he was white, and super rich, also the president of the United States. He lived a great life, if you ask me.

@MrMrMrprofessor

7 жыл бұрын

Pc Principal ...he lost all three of his children, his wife died before him, and he left the presidency with his reputation destroyed, causing him to return to alcoholism for being one of the most reviled presidents in US history...yeah he had a greaaaaat life

@DissidentClipper

7 жыл бұрын

Easily could've had a worse life. What if he was a slave? You still think that? He could've been poor his whole life, working 80hrs a week at a very dangerous job for pennys a day like most people did. He couldve been a women with no rights. someone living in the 19th century, He lived a luxury life. Now if you're just ranking the lives of Presidents, yeah his wasn't so great compared to all the other rich white slave owners of his time. I don't feel sorry for this man one bit

@MrMrMrprofessor

7 жыл бұрын

Pc Principal Still had a pretty shitty legacy :/

@Captain-Sum.Ting-Wong

7 жыл бұрын

+Pc Principal Being white isn't what it's cracked up to be my friend. Especially in this new era where being white is made to be a bad thing. And yes, they did have a lot of tragedy in their life. You are quite naive.

How sad his life to have lost three sons

@RobD-jq7ry

3 жыл бұрын

And finally his wife. Don't blame him for crawling back into his liquor bottle. He had nothing left to live for.

@michaelsergejhelgesson1637

Жыл бұрын

Just as everything seemed to go their way, he and his wife were struck with tragedy once again! You never know what comes...

That is such a long feather!!!!! The quill is GIGANTIC!!!

Why did the narrator read the quote about Pierce hurting himself in the war with a southern accent..? He was from New Hampshire, not a southern state...

@camillamunoz212

7 жыл бұрын

Aqua Gemini true

@actoracademic

3 жыл бұрын

Sargent Shriver, who voices Pierce here, was born in Maryland, educated in New England, and spent much of his career in Chicago and Washington DC. If anything, this sounds like a Middle American dialect. You can hear similar sounds listening to Bob Dole (KS), Harry Truman (MO), and Verne Marshall (IA).

@Chris-ww5sh

3 жыл бұрын

@@actoracademic Sounds like Warren Buffet to me.

Right or wrong; he was a man of his time.

@waldolydecker8118

9 ай бұрын

So were rapists

I'm proud to say that he is my great great great uncle

@oldfogey4679

4 жыл бұрын

Travis u I are related

His life was legitimately tragic. But he was still a really bad president.

love how people try to claim pierce buchanon and fillmore were 'bullied' by southerners. what a bunch of bull. they were at best appeasers and at worst willing accomplices

@SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand

4 жыл бұрын

Scott Aznavourian I would say they’re easily a little worse then appeasers.

@terrencegibbons3351

2 жыл бұрын

Democrats supported slavery

@cherylschantz9893

Жыл бұрын

Except HE never owned slaves.

@waldolydecker8118

9 ай бұрын

@@cherylschantz9893 - so what?? He was a lifelong racist who used his authority to sign laws that promoted human beating, rape, and capture. If Pierce signed a law that made it legal to rape you and your mother, would you go around bragging that Pierce - despite making it legal for millions of sleezy men to freely and legally rape you at their leisure - was still an admirable fellow because HE never raped you himself? lol, you sound ridiculous.

Had his life not been destroyed by that train wreck, maybe things could have been different

@briane173

3 жыл бұрын

I doubt it. It's pretty clear that politically he was a slavery sympathizer from the get-go and always would be. And being from the North that would make him persona non grata whether his family was intact or not. He was destined for one term as a result. What I find more remarkable was that a he was the darkest of dark horses; how a party can nominate an empty suit who wasn't even running is beyond comprehension.

His son was so cute , so sad

@archfapper211

Жыл бұрын

Got his looks from his dad

Some folks forget that President Pierce is the 3rd great-uncle of Barbara "Pierce" Bush. Three Presidents within one family. Three US Presidents within one family...amazing!

@MrProbablyBullets

8 жыл бұрын

+LaVonda Davies I'm related to Franklin Pierce :)

@jggal66

8 жыл бұрын

Way to go, Le Shooting Star! I'm a distant cousin to President Zachary Taylor.

@MrProbablyBullets

8 жыл бұрын

LaVonda Davies I can't tell if your being a smartass or being sarcastic.

@jggal66

8 жыл бұрын

Neither, Le Shooting Star. Just stating a fact. I think it's wonderful when anyone finds out they are related to a US President. I'm too old for smartass or sarcastic. :)

@propaneking2332

7 жыл бұрын

I am related to five Presidents: FDR, Theodore Roosevelt, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, and James Buchanan.

what a stud muffin

Handsome Frank simply had no meaningful convictions. That's why people look down on his presidency. It's not like he tried to do something important and simply failed.

Today is the 153rd anniversary of when he died

"No particular distinction."

There's nothing left to do but get drunk.

@maxrenauldo8604

5 жыл бұрын

😢

@robh115

5 жыл бұрын

Too funny! You got me giggling over here!

@yourmama3515

5 жыл бұрын

What a tragic life he had

@ryanjones9498

4 жыл бұрын

Sam Speed couldn’t think of a better way to go out but with a bottle in your hand lol

@leonandrews7180

4 жыл бұрын

High instead of drunk and that’s me.

thhank you this helped me whit my civics project

7:00 pierce and buchachan sure liked filling their cabinets with traitors

@oldfogey4679

4 жыл бұрын

Scott define traitor? The south were defending their own econ interests! It was Lincoln who manipulated the south into firing the first shot! Yet southerners are called traitors while lincoln the masterful manipulator is hero worshipped?

@kayzeaza

4 жыл бұрын

Old Fogey The south tried to seize federal land and fired on federal troops. They’re traitors and sore losers. Shouldn’t of seceded in the first place. What a bunch of snowflakes! Couldn’t even win a war ffs.

This is my great great great great great uncle

@brianthomas2434

4 жыл бұрын

Braggart.

@oldfogey4679

4 жыл бұрын

Eov then u I are related!

@onomatopoeia162003

3 жыл бұрын

that sucks. lol

A tale of tragic story 😢😢😥

My nigga, Handsome Franc

Well that was inspiring...

He was my Great grand uncle my grandmother was his grandniece Ruth Pierce born 1890

Good

Feel bad for the man. And he said my favorite polítical phrase: After discover that he wasn't renominated for president for the 1856 election, he said: "There is no other thing to do, but to get drunk"

Fascinating man. He led a very interesting life. It's a shame he didn't have more balls as President. But he wasn't the worst by far. (Well, except for being a borderline-traitor late in life...)

@oldfogey4679

4 жыл бұрын

He wasnt a traitor! Where do u get that? Southern sympathy doesnt make one a traitor!

@squeezebunt

4 жыл бұрын

@@oldfogey4679 he refused to put the flag outside his home at half mast when lincoln was shot

@RobD-jq7ry

3 жыл бұрын

@@squeezebunt yeah but in his defense he was far too drunk to safely perform that or any other task.

As my first school teacher in 06, you taught me to protect the miracles from counterfeiting, but for drugs you yourself are ready to destroy the foundations of your own country.

There were even tabloids back then!

@tj.espygil4544

2 жыл бұрын

And Freedom of the Press.

Happy Birthday Franklin Pierce:)

@camillamunoz212

7 жыл бұрын

Ben Reiley DANG IT

@camillamunoz212

7 жыл бұрын

as in, I missed his birthday

So Now What If Franklin Pierce Had Actually Won A Second Term Of Office In 1856 And Exactly What Would The Course Of The United States Have Been Like In An Alternate Scenario Where He’s In James Buchanan’s Place As President Up Until 1860 And Also How Would Franklin Pierce Have Responded And Handled The Issues Of The Southern States Breaking Away To Become The Confederacy And Also How Would The Transition Of Power Have Went Between Lincoln And Him In 1861 ???? 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 ????

First nominated on the 36th ballot at the convention.. still took 13 more ballots to win.

My friend is actually a descendent of president peirce

@markclark289

7 ай бұрын

He may be a great great nephew or distant cousin but all of his children died in childhood so he had no grandchildren.

Tengo 1 moneda de este Sr. Necesito saber su valor d 1853 a 1857

Eov clan I would like to talk to you . If ya get a chance

Guy Pierce could portray him

I'm related to him :)

@alisongrey4601

8 жыл бұрын

+LeShootingStar O_O me too

@MrProbablyBullets

8 жыл бұрын

Alison Grey It's what I was told ;) My cousins and father look very similar to him. Not only that he was an alcoholic and so is someone I know that is related to me ;p

@alisongrey4601

8 жыл бұрын

I was told he was related to me as a idk how many greats grandfather and it seems like everyone has his eyes

@MrProbablyBullets

8 жыл бұрын

+Alison Grey whos last name is pierce in your family?

@alisongrey4601

8 жыл бұрын

Great grandmother

he looks like hes in his 20s not 50s!

Brody11 full an eov clan this is my grate grate grate grate grate cousin

I'm related to Franklin and Jane and all of there family and he's my great great great great great grandfather and Jane is my great great great great great grandmother and Benny and Frankie frankin Jr are my great great great great great cousins so I'm related to a famous president I visited the grave of frankin and Jane last week and Benny and Frankies grave

@sukrod

6 жыл бұрын

I'm guessing that, like myself, there was no bulky inheritance. Dean Roosevelt. :)

@michaelbrennan6123

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry but he can’t possibly be your any grandfather nor can Jane be your any grandmother. NONE of their 3 sons lived beyond the age of 11 and therefore the Pierces have no descendants.

@jesuisravi

4 жыл бұрын

that's great great great great great great great! By the way....how did you do it when Pierce had no children who survived to adulthood?

Steven a Douglas looks just like Steve Bannon. Even history has its creeps

oh my god..... I'm related to a president wow

@landanpierce9513

6 жыл бұрын

Same!

@sukrod

6 жыл бұрын

I know how you feel. Dean Roosevelt.

wow, he couldn't even get re-NOMINATED

@yourmama3515

5 жыл бұрын

Only a man like Lincoln could end the Slavery. Too bad they elected weak presidents before Lincoln

@leonandrews7180

4 жыл бұрын

This wasn’t that uncommon. Fillmore and Buchanan were also passed over. Grant wanted a third term also, and he was passed over. Martin Van Buren tried to win another term, he could not.

@fredbarker9201

3 жыл бұрын

Leon Andrews grant was a good man

pierce before mash's hawkeye pierce .

He may be a bad president but he did have a tragic life

maybe i think Franklin Pierce and his family one was killed in a train accident, especially now that they survived.

Nothing about his friend Hawthorn??

Every i have been revied

@SIL3NTBUTD3ADLY

Жыл бұрын

CAN I GET YOUR AUTOGRAPH 😍😍😍😘😘😘😘😘🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭😋😋😋❤️❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥❤️🔥😘😘

He has become my favorite president

@GeorgeVreelandHill my ex is related to Sam Houston, one of the Democrats running against Pierce for the nomination :))

Who is his wife?

@ccsfstudios2321

Жыл бұрын

Jane Appleton.

Hillsborough is a county, not a town by the way.

@yourmama3515

5 жыл бұрын

You mean New Hampshire

The death of his son, before becoming president probably never recovered from, wife unwillingness to be first lady, alcoholism, southern sympathy contributed to one of the worst presidency

@oldfogey4679

4 жыл бұрын

Mature I will concede my ancestors was a crappy prez! But think trump is the worst we've ever had!

@the4tierbridge

3 жыл бұрын

@@oldfogey4679 CoughWoodrowWilsonwasworseCough.

@twiggy1253

Жыл бұрын

@@oldfogey4679 CoughAndrewJohnsonwasworseCough.

Beuchan ran in the nomination and lost then 5yra later he won lol

Empathy. #Texit

its amazing how Democrats always see things in the Constitution that aren't there, and don't see things that are clear as day in it. Times haven't changed.

that means you are also related to Bush 43

@oldfogey4679

4 жыл бұрын

Lb I didnt know I was related to Bush thanx

@oldfogey4679

4 жыл бұрын

Lb and we are also related to princess diana

One of the best presidents

Thats my grest great great great great grandpa

@destanypierce625

7 жыл бұрын

Brody11ful so we are related cause I'm related to him

@eyuin5716

5 жыл бұрын

That's not possible. All of Pierce's children died young.

3:30 a man who goes to war seeking glory for himself rather then the cause or his army is already a coward

@oldfogey4679

4 жыл бұрын

Scott absurd thing to say! People go to war for many reasons! Lots of people do so for self serving motives! Rbt Mueller comes to mind!

Why did Pierce want his wife "mingling in gay society" at all?

@isaiahjcheatham3665

5 жыл бұрын

Idk AJ, idk...

@CbsOmegaOmniX

4 жыл бұрын

Andrew Jackson You do realize that for the longest time gay simply meant happy right?

@johnp139

3 жыл бұрын

Because ha couldn’t satisfy her.

Rosemary Frances Powers.

Pierce appears to be a reactionary sort with little if any feeling for African-Americans. Still, his is a sad story.

@oldfogey4679

4 жыл бұрын

Doug most people back then had little regard for African americans sadly! Lincoln however evolved!) If u read lincoln early he thinks whites and blacks are incapable of being socially equal! Right before he passed hed come to know fredrick Douglass and Cassius clay[Muhammed alis ancestor) and renounced his former appraisal of black people! He admitted hed become an abolitionist!slowly over time of course!

@RobD-jq7ry

3 жыл бұрын

@@oldfogey4679" If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that" Lincoln

@oldfogey4679

3 жыл бұрын

@@RobD-jq7ry the last week of lincilns life when a reporter asked him if he were an abolitiinist he said he guesswd he was as he hadnt and wouldnt own a slave! Also linciln started out believung that whites and blacjs ciukd and would never be social equals! However his friendshios with fredricj douglas and other black leaders of his time changed his perspective on whether blacks and whites should or could be social equals$ so give the man credit where it is due$ what u quoted was true! It was lincilns response to critics beandung him an abolitiinist before he took office and when he wanted to manipulate the public to join his cause and rhat was perservung the union!

Steven.A.Doglus 🤔 hmmmm that last name is farmilier 0.0 omg someone my school is named after Last name is doglus

greatest president of all time

@pauljacobson7488

7 жыл бұрын

for that he tried hard

Best president we’ve ever had

alright we find that buchanen was but look to 5:29 pierce looks like a women

If taylor had lived none of this appeasing bullshit would have happened

Many Presidents left the White House deflated and happy it was over...it's not a job worth they hype...

I'm distantly related to this man. I think hes unfairly blamed for not controlling events leading to the civil war! Think Polk a southern sympathizer was more responsible for the countries descent into civil war! His story reminds me of grant! Family lore says he wasnt a battle coward! His ascendancy into the presidency is eerily reminiscent of trump?Lincoln faced the loss of his son on his own too! The difference being PTSD! Pierce support of the south was a bad idea! But it should be reiterated that he wasnt the worst president who publicly supported the south!

Unfit for the presidency

Two of the worst Presidents during the most precipice of times: Pierce and Buchanan.

@alex_flamer267

3 жыл бұрын

I think it's kinda odd how the greatest president in US history, Lincoln, came right in the middle of arguably the three worst. Pierce, Buchanan, and Johnson.

Terrible President

he was considered the worst president in american history!!

@tmkp5683

7 жыл бұрын

Traci Halstead he tried his best to be one one of the best

@freeunderratedmusic4273

5 жыл бұрын

One of the worst*

@LucasStalloneTesla18

4 жыл бұрын

Best

@LucasStalloneTesla18

4 жыл бұрын

But one of the best

At least Pierce saw through Yankee propaganda.

@idontgiveafaboutyou

6 жыл бұрын

Confederate propaganda was worse though