The Tragic Life of Franklin Pierce

Here's the story of a President who consistently ranks as one of the worst. Does Franklin Pierce really deserve that ranking?
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  • @sambradley2975
    @sambradley29755 жыл бұрын

    I feel sorry for him. He witnessed his surviving child die in a train wreck. That would have devastated anyone, including the best Presidents.

  • @ilikegirls9946

    @ilikegirls9946

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah I agree. :)

  • @lennoxt.anderson8966

    @lennoxt.anderson8966

    4 жыл бұрын

    Okay, Millard

  • @WJack97224

    @WJack97224

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@John Harris, Exactly! Lincoln was a "rat" and has been glorified by the immoral and illogical writers et.al. The government schools were prejudiced in favor of Lincoln as well as Wilson and FDR. The masses have been deceived.

  • @jtgd

    @jtgd

    3 жыл бұрын

    John Harris totally... lincoln caused the civil war... by southern states getting triggered and splitting from the union... You must love revisionist history

  • @redjirachi1

    @redjirachi1

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lincoln and Coolidge would also lose a son in office

  • @Tristin471
    @Tristin4714 жыл бұрын

    Wow, he lost 3 sons at the age of 11 or younger? No wonder he drank so much. Poor guy..........

  • @wholeNwon

    @wholeNwon

    4 жыл бұрын

    Franklin rushed to put his coat over the boy's decapitated body so Jane didn't see it, but he couldn't do it quickly enough. He had previously promised her that he would not run for or accept the nomination. In short, she never really forgave him.

  • @dddaavvviiiddd6800

    @dddaavvviiiddd6800

    3 жыл бұрын

    :(

  • @captainamerica6a766

    @captainamerica6a766

    3 жыл бұрын

    Even though i don’t like Franklin pierce I feel bad for him

  • @captainamerica6a766

    @captainamerica6a766

    3 жыл бұрын

    He lost his entire family

  • @captainamerica6a766

    @captainamerica6a766

    2 жыл бұрын

    Acept his daughter

  • @franklinpierce282
    @franklinpierce2825 жыл бұрын

    I'M SORRY OKAY!? IT WAS JEFFERSON DAVIS AND ANDREW JOHNSON'S FAULT. I WAS THE BEST FRIEND OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN!

  • @Kenguresha

    @Kenguresha

    5 жыл бұрын

    Franklin Pierce noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooop.

  • @jwill7030

    @jwill7030

    5 жыл бұрын

    Did u seriously take the time to change your profile just for that joke 😂

  • @idontknow112

    @idontknow112

    4 жыл бұрын

    We also hated Andrew so we have the same feelings for him.

  • @howdypartner4818

    @howdypartner4818

    4 жыл бұрын

    If I didn’t die I would’ve beaten you in a re-election

  • @georgewashington2429

    @georgewashington2429

    4 жыл бұрын

    Zachary Taylor indeed, as would I have. Tis a good evening though here, upon this meeting of this nation’s former presidents.

  • @SnakeHiggins
    @SnakeHiggins3 жыл бұрын

    I feel as if a really good movie could come out of the story of Pierce's life. A tragic and dramatic story to be sure.

  • @JadedJag

    @JadedJag

    3 жыл бұрын

    yea it would definitely be interesting but they would never do it since he was pro-slavery, but I guess you never know

  • @warrenblanco1673

    @warrenblanco1673

    Жыл бұрын

    But it would be a sad movie

  • @CheezDoodlezz

    @CheezDoodlezz

    4 ай бұрын

    @@warrenblanco1673thats the point

  • @realniggashit3
    @realniggashit34 жыл бұрын

    Franklin Pierce was a distant relative of Barbara Pierce, who married President George HW Bush, and the mother of President George W Bush and Jeb Bush

  • @theodoreroosevelt4260

    @theodoreroosevelt4260

    3 жыл бұрын

    Holy cow!!

  • @realniggashit3

    @realniggashit3

    3 жыл бұрын

    ​@@theodoreroosevelt4260 It gets more interesting. Bush family crony Andrew Card (deputy Chief of Staff and Secretary of Transportation under Poppy Bush's administration, Chief of Staff under Dubya's administration) was named President of Franklin Pierce University in 2015 due to Barbara Bush's influence. He resigned in August 2016.

  • @theodoreroosevelt4260

    @theodoreroosevelt4260

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@realniggashit3 wow so that means that George W Bush and Jeb Bush are descendent of 2 US presidents!

  • @theodoreroosevelt4260

    @theodoreroosevelt4260

    3 жыл бұрын

    And George W Bush himself was President

  • @realniggashit3

    @realniggashit3

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@theodoreroosevelt4260 Yeah they are. George HW Bush's father was Senator Prescott Bush. He married Dorothy Walker from the prominent Walker family based in St Louis. George HW Bush is named after Dorothy Walker's father George Herbert Walker.

  • @thomasnenneau2487
    @thomasnenneau24874 жыл бұрын

    Your fairness and looking at how life events effect a person is something many historians could benefit from.

  • @LePrince1890
    @LePrince18905 жыл бұрын

    One other achievement in his Presidency: Pierce's administration was the one that negotiated (with the Kingdom of Hawaii) the renting of Pearl Harbor for our Navy's use.

  • @fredjohnson3183

    @fredjohnson3183

    3 жыл бұрын

    That turned out well..

  • @thecreepnextdoor7560

    @thecreepnextdoor7560

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@fredjohnson3183 for America yeah

  • @robertortiz-wilson1588

    @robertortiz-wilson1588

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@thecreepnextdoor7560 let's be honest here, *both.

  • @iammrbeat
    @iammrbeat10 жыл бұрын

    Here's the story of a President who consistently ranks as one of the worst. Does Franklin Pierce really deserve that ranking?

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    10 жыл бұрын

    Hey, I just realized that's my 100th video. Geez, that's a lot of time of my life making these things.

  • @theworshahts5552

    @theworshahts5552

    10 жыл бұрын

    Mr. Beat's Social Studies Channel Congratulations on 100 videos! I would say it is time well spent. Also, the plug is much appreciated.

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    10 жыл бұрын

    The Worsh Ahts I would agree :) You bet, I just realized I didn't ask permission this time, but I assumed you'd be cool with it. I'm glad you are!

  • @clintongolden2068

    @clintongolden2068

    7 жыл бұрын

    Mr. Beat I think so watch top 10 worst presidents

  • @Trufles1234

    @Trufles1234

    6 жыл бұрын

    No

  • @sambradley2975
    @sambradley29755 жыл бұрын

    Pierce went through a tragic experience, he lost his surviving son in a train wreck, it deeply affected him & his wife.

  • @ilikegirls9946

    @ilikegirls9946

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yeah that is true.

  • @AutisticHelpWithCodes

    @AutisticHelpWithCodes

    2 жыл бұрын

    I agree

  • @cheneethompson5756

    @cheneethompson5756

    Жыл бұрын

    So scary!

  • @Eazy-ERyder
    @Eazy-ERyder4 жыл бұрын

    Though an inept leader and President how can one NOT Feel bad for the horrific personal tragedies he incurred. It is terrible what the poor guy went through.

  • @montreljones3260
    @montreljones32603 жыл бұрын

    Fun Fact: Franklin Pierce got arrested for running over a old lady with his horse

  • @ZekeorSomething

    @ZekeorSomething

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wouldn't be surprised if it was because he was drunk

  • @Mr7aguila7

    @Mr7aguila7

    3 жыл бұрын

    When?

  • @dddaavvviiiddd6800

    @dddaavvviiiddd6800

    3 жыл бұрын

    fun fact: it is fake, no sufficient evidence

  • @Hjt31

    @Hjt31

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@dddaavvviiiddd6800 Franklin, rank Abraham Lincolns attractiveness on a scale of 1 to 10

  • @dddaavvviiiddd6800

    @dddaavvviiiddd6800

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Hjt31 5

  • @comet1965
    @comet19654 жыл бұрын

    Your illumination of Franklin Pierce was brilliant! Profusely visualized, you painted a picture of a tortured soul. With what he faced, who might have done better? Thank you for rendering him a soul.

  • @amandagolden3837
    @amandagolden38376 жыл бұрын

    I loved the "WAIT! That's a log cabin and the Oh! That's what he looks like.

  • @tomfrazier1103

    @tomfrazier1103

    4 жыл бұрын

    Increasing prosperity has always prompted remodels & additions to homes.

  • @iammrbeat
    @iammrbeat9 жыл бұрын

    Mrbomjam, the vast majority of Presidents were racist.

  • @clebertmarsainvil7065

    @clebertmarsainvil7065

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Mr. Beat's Social Studies Channel nice

  • @shirtless6934

    @shirtless6934

    5 жыл бұрын

    It is also important to remember that when racial segregation was practiced in the South, and in other parts of the United States, they were not acting in defiance of the law. On at least seven separate occasions, spanning a time period of nearly 60 years, the United States Supreme Court held, either explicitly or by necessary implication, that “separate but equal” was the correct rule of law. See Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896); Cumming v. Board of Education, 175 U.S. 528 (1899); Berea College v. Kentucky, 211 U.S. 45 (1908); Gong Lum v. Rice, 275 U.S. 78 (1927); Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada, 305 U.S. 337 (1938); Sipuel v. Board of Regents, 332 U.S. 631 (1948); Sweatt v. Painter, 339 U.S. 629 (1950). These decisions were based on the language of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Although there was no change in its text, the Supreme Court reversed course, deciding Brown v. Board of Education, which many in the South and elsewhere, saw as a betrayal. After all, if you cannot rely on the United States Supreme Court to tell you what the Constitution means, then upon whom can you rely?

  • @Nate-wu8rr

    @Nate-wu8rr

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@kevinbroughton7086 Who are you calling a tard?

  • @nicholashopkins3525

    @nicholashopkins3525

    3 жыл бұрын

    No surprise there😒

  • @bigmoniesponge

    @bigmoniesponge

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yup thats kinds how it went back then.

  • @Lagunabeachbikini
    @Lagunabeachbikini6 жыл бұрын

    Question for those who think Franklin Pierce was one of the worst Presidents: If you became President in 1853, what would you have done differently? How do you think your decisions would have turned out?

  • @mmjahink

    @mmjahink

    6 жыл бұрын

    For caving in and supporting the Kansas-Nebraska act? He should have shown backbone and real leadership. Imagine how the course of American history would be different. But you're also kind of right, considering the debilitating circumstances he faced going in while in that tense a political climate, any President would be bound to fuck up.

  • @scottaznavourian5791

    @scottaznavourian5791

    4 жыл бұрын

    Done what zach taylor did and took a fucking stand

  • @howdypartner4818

    @howdypartner4818

    4 жыл бұрын

    Scott Aznavourian That’s right!

  • @emc448

    @emc448

    4 жыл бұрын

    Actually tried to do something independently and show backbone against Congress. Only presidents worse than him were Andy Johnson and Doughface Buchanan.

  • @howdypartner4818

    @howdypartner4818

    4 жыл бұрын

    Moondog Surf I would become Winfield Scott and when elected, I would isolate VP Graham, join the Free Soil Party, end the expansion of slavery, then join the new Republican Party, choose Fremont as my Running mate, secretly promote Millard Fillmore’s candidacy in the south so that Buchanan and Fillmore divide the electorate in the south so badly that I win the college, then I would declare Marshall law in South Carolina until they allowed voting, then when the south seceded I beat them (staying in office as long as necessary), then I would end slavery, and issue the 14th and 15th amendments, appoint Sherman Governor of Georgia when they are re admitted, then I would force Virginia to allow West Virginia out, but name West Virginia the state of Webster, as an insult to the stupid concepts the south held, then I would issue reconstruction, and promote Fremont, Charles Sumner, or Henry Wilson as my successor (just promote not appoint)

  • @marthagill1601
    @marthagill16014 жыл бұрын

    The music soundtrack is distractingly loud,

  • @wholeNwon

    @wholeNwon

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's entirely inappropriate. How could he not realize that?

  • @camacaron06

    @camacaron06

    4 жыл бұрын

    Dylan Farina Are you high?

  • @danielduvernay3207

    @danielduvernay3207

    3 жыл бұрын

    That’s the point, I don’t really know tho

  • @davidswift7776
    @davidswift77764 жыл бұрын

    Losing 3 sons is frightening, nevertheless being a “doughface” is puzzling. Volunteering for during the Mexcan War, and then supporting the Union during the Civil War is worthy of admiration. The closing, a knowledged overview of his conflicted and tragic life was very fair. Buchanan, Andrew Johnson and the 29th President , Warren Harding were perhaps worse . Thank you for the post 👍

  • @JaceFincham

    @JaceFincham

    2 жыл бұрын

    Buchanan undoubtedly is the worst president, imo

  • @davidswift7776

    @davidswift7776

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@JaceFincham totally agree, he catalyzed the civil war by his weakness.

  • @AutisticHelpWithCodes

    @AutisticHelpWithCodes

    2 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 James Buchanan sucks

  • @robertortiz-wilson1588

    @robertortiz-wilson1588

    2 жыл бұрын

    Warren Harding is underrated. Yeah there were a lot of scandals, that's never good. However his inaction when it came to dealing with the national recession counter-intuitively actually allow the country to make a speedy recovery!

  • @joshuabrough2409

    @joshuabrough2409

    Жыл бұрын

    28th president Woodrow Wilson as well.

  • @constantdarkfog49
    @constantdarkfog494 жыл бұрын

    Yes, you could surly say Franklin Pierce suffered a very tragic family life, losing 3 children is beyond devastating.

  • @wholeNwon

    @wholeNwon

    4 жыл бұрын

    Like Mary Todd and Abraham Lincoln.

  • @cheneethompson5756

    @cheneethompson5756

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@wholeNwon I agree!

  • @cheneethompson5756

    @cheneethompson5756

    Жыл бұрын

    @@wholeNwon I believe Jack and jackie kennedy lost a child while Jack was president

  • @wholeNwon

    @wholeNwon

    Жыл бұрын

    @@cheneethompson5756 Of course, and he is buried with them.

  • @cheneethompson5756

    @cheneethompson5756

    Жыл бұрын

    @@wholeNwon yes So sad The lincolns lost three sons The only one to have a long life was the first of their four

  • @laffinkippah
    @laffinkippah4 жыл бұрын

    It's a tragic story, and I guess he was a product of his time, but I find it really hard to look past the fact that he was pro-slavery.

  • @chrisburnett9905

    @chrisburnett9905

    3 жыл бұрын

    The Democratic Party in the years leading up to the Civil War relied on Southern support to win the presidency. Polk, Pierce and Buchanan were competent politicians who never would have gotten elected had they opposed slavery. We should not use contemporary standards to judge men of that era. Even Lincoln didn't call for freeing any slaves until the second year of the Civil War.

  • @colepratt7538

    @colepratt7538

    3 жыл бұрын

    So was Washington

  • @everburn

    @everburn

    2 жыл бұрын

    As well as all the founding fathers

  • @captainfangle2245

    @captainfangle2245

    2 жыл бұрын

    i feel bad for him but im disapointed that he supported slavery and that makes it hard to feel bad for him even more

  • @Alex38369

    @Alex38369

    2 жыл бұрын

    I can look past his support for slavery simply because everyone owned slaves at the time. It's incredibly hard to break out of a societal norm alone. We can only really judge people by their own times. If he was around today it's very likely he would not support slavery.

  • @SmilingIbis
    @SmilingIbis5 жыл бұрын

    Bowdoin College is pronounced "bowed-in"

  • @jalalabdallah3608

    @jalalabdallah3608

    4 жыл бұрын

    SmilingIbis lol thank you I got annoyed of this too

  • @avecmoi9429

    @avecmoi9429

    4 жыл бұрын

    Beat can be good but he needs an editor to catch these mistakes.

  • @michaeldodd3563

    @michaeldodd3563

    4 жыл бұрын

    And it’s Con-Kurd, not Con-Cord.

  • @AlumniQuad

    @AlumniQuad

    3 жыл бұрын

    buh-DOYNE DOYNE!!!

  • @jvwg95rt98

    @jvwg95rt98

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks

  • @BrandonHanson
    @BrandonHanson3 жыл бұрын

    Another terrific video. Thank you for covering so much of our former presidents that we do not get taught in school. M - Major R - Respect B - Brilliant E - Education A - Amazingly T - Terrific

  • @FilIiamHMuffman
    @FilIiamHMuffman4 жыл бұрын

    Interesting video, but that horribly repetitive music has got to go.

  • @michaellinde794

    @michaellinde794

    3 жыл бұрын

    "Franklin and Jane survived, but their son died in front of them" *Cheery, upbeat music continues*

  • @vanda-bircevirikanal1342

    @vanda-bircevirikanal1342

    3 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely! The music made me stop watching.

  • @nec9le

    @nec9le

    2 жыл бұрын

    this was 7 years ago

  • @chasegilmond5637
    @chasegilmond56375 жыл бұрын

    "Young and fierce was Franklin Pierce, the man without a chin..."

  • @Norkeys

    @Norkeys

    3 жыл бұрын

    Next up follows a period spannin, 4 long years with James Buchanan, then the South start shootin cannons, and we got a civil war!

  • @ukassoproductions2490

    @ukassoproductions2490

    3 жыл бұрын

    Norkeys A War! A War down South In Dixie!

  • @Norkeys

    @Norkeys

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ukassoproductions2490 Up to bat comes old Abe Lincoln, there's a guy who's really thinking, kept the United States from shrinking, saved the ship of states from sinking.

  • @ukassoproductions2490

    @ukassoproductions2490

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Norkeys Andrew Johnson's next, he had some slight defects, congress each would impeach, and so the country now elects

  • @Norkeys

    @Norkeys

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ukassoproductions2490 Ulysses Simpson Grant, who would scream and rave and rant. While drinking whiskey all the risky cause he'd spill it on his pants!

  • @alexeskew3152
    @alexeskew31523 жыл бұрын

    Mr Beat: “Their last surviving son was killed in a train accident” The music: *is happy and upbeat

  • @wrestlingluva
    @wrestlingluva10 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video! I'm one of the few Pierce fans out there. Got his 1852 campaign medal worn around my neck. Thank you for making this. I hope history will be kind to Frank in the years to come.

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    10 жыл бұрын

    Thank you sir. I hope so, too.

  • @camillamunoz212

    @camillamunoz212

    6 жыл бұрын

    me too

  • @taylorbeckett9686

    @taylorbeckett9686

    6 жыл бұрын

    wrestlingluva I'm sorry but why are you a Pierce fan?

  • @paisleepunk

    @paisleepunk

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@taylorbeckett9686 Because he can be in this free nation.

  • @jessicacat4418

    @jessicacat4418

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same, I'm a huge fan of pierce

  • @charliebrown5755
    @charliebrown57554 жыл бұрын

    What's with the music, trying to be cool man .its just distracting.

  • @janineharrison5186
    @janineharrison51865 жыл бұрын

    I agree he was in a difficult situation. He was still better than Buchanan

  • @PopeLando
    @PopeLando Жыл бұрын

    4:03 I think his riding accident may have been due to him unaccountably riding a horse that had a smaller head than he did.

  • @1968jimmymack
    @1968jimmymack4 жыл бұрын

    i joined ancestry a few years ago and found a document signed by president pierce granting land to my 3x greatgrandfather in mississippi. It is interesting finding information about that president.

  • @montengro234
    @montengro2345 жыл бұрын

    He had such a hard life and poor luck

  • @rajendrastarks2767
    @rajendrastarks27673 жыл бұрын

    Imagine accomplishing everything in life you could ever want just to lose what means the most to you and then have the microscope on you and you have to keep it together

  • @davidcory7241
    @davidcory72415 жыл бұрын

    Nicely done! Thanks for the history lesson!

  • @Doug19752533
    @Doug197525333 жыл бұрын

    "After the Presidency, there is nothing else to do but get drunk!" - Actual quote of Franklin Pierce in 1857, upon not being renominated Honestly, he is a tragic yet heroic figure. agreed the 1850s would have challenged ANY president - past or present - with the condition the US was in.

  • @thecupheadfan1837
    @thecupheadfan18374 жыл бұрын

    Why Pierce was so depress? 1. All of his child died before he came president 2. His wife was so unhappy 3. His vice president died 4. He was weak leader 5. He was bad president 6. He was drunk 7. He had no chin

  • @ABCDEFGH-or2eb

    @ABCDEFGH-or2eb

    Жыл бұрын

    His wife also died in 1863.

  • @johntyler3151
    @johntyler3151 Жыл бұрын

    I'm truly sorry for you my good friend pirece

  • @naomikeenan951
    @naomikeenan9512 жыл бұрын

    I live in his old house. Not the homestead but the one down the road that he and his wife lived in.

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    2 жыл бұрын

    Holy crap that's awesome

  • @exciteddemonstrator9150
    @exciteddemonstrator91504 жыл бұрын

    Great video on Mr Pierce, however Bowdoin College is pronounced “BOH-dun”, not “buh-DOYN”. I live in New Hampshire and have made the same mistake. We just happen to have weird town/institution names around here.

  • @hobosojojo1476
    @hobosojojo147610 жыл бұрын

    Nice video Mr.Beat It was berry educational thank you

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    10 жыл бұрын

    Well thank you berry much!

  • @AutisticHelpWithCodes

    @AutisticHelpWithCodes

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@iammrbeat very not berry

  • @cat-vu7cm

    @cat-vu7cm

    2 жыл бұрын

    Cool

  • @charlespeligroso8706
    @charlespeligroso87063 жыл бұрын

    Normally during the 1800's and before, it was common to lose children by the time they are 2 yrs old. There was no such thing as post-natal care back then.

  • @oldschool1993
    @oldschool19934 жыл бұрын

    Your background music is worse than Pierce was a president.

  • @NickManJams

    @NickManJams

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, I had to mute the video and read the generated captions. "Their son died right in front of them." *Upbeat music plays*

  • @dillonpeters2729
    @dillonpeters27293 жыл бұрын

    I’m almost certain that Mr. Beat would have been better than my actual US History teacher

  • @robertdubs9466
    @robertdubs94663 жыл бұрын

    I do feel bad for Pierce, but Lincoln and others suffered similar tragedy as well. I read that due to their son's death, Pierce's wife Jane Pierce was just as much of a mother in mourning as Mary Lincoln.

  • @cheneethompson5756

    @cheneethompson5756

    2 жыл бұрын

    JFK lost a son when he was president as well

  • @AutisticHelpWithCodes

    @AutisticHelpWithCodes

    2 жыл бұрын

    Only 1 of McKinleys children made it past 18

  • @leahryan5560

    @leahryan5560

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@AutisticHelpWithCodes: What? Neither of McKinley’s children survived past the age of five.

  • @ThePlankton5165

    @ThePlankton5165

    Жыл бұрын

    Mary did have a son that lived to be in his 80s.

  • @todd6900

    @todd6900

    11 ай бұрын

    I think it's significant that the Pierce's saw their son's blighted body right in front of them.

  • @zacharymcmillan2788
    @zacharymcmillan27884 жыл бұрын

    Great video,a lot I didn't know about Pierce. Thanks!😊👍

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Zachary!

  • @zacharymcmillan2788

    @zacharymcmillan2788

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@iammrbeat You're very welcome,prayers to you and your family,stay safe!🙏😊👍✌

  • @lavajakob
    @lavajakob3 жыл бұрын

    Jeez, Franklin and Jane saw their son almost get decapitated right in front of their eyes.

  • @theringnebula
    @theringnebula3 жыл бұрын

    Wow Mr. Beat your pronunciation of New England names and places makes me wince!

  • @RANDOM27ify
    @RANDOM27ify4 жыл бұрын

    Young and fierce was Franklin Pierce, the man without a chin.

  • @rickhall517930
    @rickhall5179304 жыл бұрын

    That music is so grating. Can't watch.

  • @hurricaneforce5259

    @hurricaneforce5259

    3 жыл бұрын

    He made this 6 years ago.

  • @TheAndrewSchneider
    @TheAndrewSchneider3 жыл бұрын

    Houston, TX has a Pierce St.! And your music is quite catchy!

  • @cheneethompson5756
    @cheneethompson5756 Жыл бұрын

    Benjamin was so cute! Gosh darn it!

  • @ABCDEFGH-or2eb
    @ABCDEFGH-or2eb2 жыл бұрын

    Bobby Brown lived a pretty tragic life too, and I was gonna say Caroline Kennedy did too, but Arabella died before she was born. (Okay, Caroline still lived a pretty tragic life!)

  • @kauffner
    @kauffner4 жыл бұрын

    There was a survey that ranked JFK as the best looking president, Franklin Pierce No. 2. Perhaps his low ranking as a president is for signing the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. This act repealed the Missouri Compromise and forced everyone to take a side on the slavery issue. The Whig Party had tried to avoid the issue by making it a question of state's rights.

  • @cheneethompson5756

    @cheneethompson5756

    2 жыл бұрын

    JFK was a cutie pie!

  • @williamfrank962

    @williamfrank962

    Жыл бұрын

    With all due respect to the president of the United States there haven’t been many attractive guys among them. You could make a case for JFK and Franklin but even then they’re not exceptionally attractive.

  • @congladiator
    @congladiator7 жыл бұрын

    Great video sir.

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    7 жыл бұрын

    +congladiator Thanks!

  • @LordKeizer
    @LordKeizer2 жыл бұрын

    I feel bad for him seeing everyone he cared about even his own children die in front of his own eyes.

  • @williammckern1442
    @williammckern14424 жыл бұрын

    It's false that Pierce had no military experience before the Mexican War. As a colonel, he was a senior officer in the New Hampshire Militia. He was also part of a group of military and academic leaders, including the faculty of Norwich University, which tried to re-energize the militia in the 1830s, 40s, and 50s following years of relative militia inactivity after the War of 1812.

  • @joshuabrough2409

    @joshuabrough2409

    Жыл бұрын

    Good on you for correcting him.

  • @seamasrigh2162
    @seamasrigh21624 жыл бұрын

    That's Bo-din college, Bowdoin - it's where J L Chamberlain taught.

  • @wholeNwon

    @wholeNwon

    4 жыл бұрын

    Who had a truly remarkable life.

  • @The_-_-

    @The_-_-

    3 жыл бұрын

    Who?

  • @hallamhal

    @hallamhal

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@The_-_- Jeff Daniels character in Gettysburg

  • @donaldshelton9794
    @donaldshelton97944 жыл бұрын

    The county where Tacoma WA is located is Pierce County, named for Franklin. There is even a school district and high school name Franklin Pierce in East Pierce County.

  • @Lisa59
    @Lisa593 жыл бұрын

    This is a very good video with the exception of the music

  • @imbluz
    @imbluz4 жыл бұрын

    Hollywood should do a biopic of his life with Christian Bale assuming the role.

  • @leahryan5560

    @leahryan5560

    Жыл бұрын

    No joke, I’d watch that

  • @MatthewThomas-yi1zk

    @MatthewThomas-yi1zk

    Жыл бұрын

    Pierce's story would truly make an INCREDIBLE & TRAGIC movie IF they research the facts, and not buy into the lies or misconceptions about Pierce. He really was a much better person than most people fully realize. You couldn't be a jerk or idiot (until Trump did) and still make it to the Presidency without some redeeming attributes! Pierce had many outstanding qualities during his life.

  • @imbluz

    @imbluz

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MatthewThomas-yi1zk His story on film could be quite compelling if handled properly by the right director. We've had too many movies about Lincoln, Kennedy, Nixon, Washington, and a couple others. It's about time Hollywood took a crack at the more obscure and possibly, more interesting people of US history.

  • @williampennjr.4448
    @williampennjr.44482 жыл бұрын

    It was very easy to become an alcoholic in those days. There were only two types of beverages most people had access to. Contaminated water and alcohol.

  • @MatthewThomas-yi1zk

    @MatthewThomas-yi1zk

    Жыл бұрын

    That is truer than you might think my friend!!

  • @MariaRodriguez-od3gk
    @MariaRodriguez-od3gk Жыл бұрын

    Ok thank you for making this videos for us thank you Mr. beat

  • @MrHumpah12
    @MrHumpah122 жыл бұрын

    Definitely didn’t like his politics, but can’t help but respect his strength. Kinda makes one wonder what kind of leader he would have been had his strength had the opportunity to be placed in service and not forced onto the awful events.

  • @phalynwilliams4119
    @phalynwilliams41194 жыл бұрын

    Good video I was previously aware of Pres. Pierce’s background and I don’t think much of doughfaces or weak leaders. In Pierce’s defense, Buchanan was not much of an improvement either. Lincoln followed Buchanan. Thank God for Lincoln.

  • @wholeNwon

    @wholeNwon

    4 жыл бұрын

    And 700,000 died for a "unity" that we still don't have.

  • @GeorgeVreelandHill
    @GeorgeVreelandHill4 жыл бұрын

    If Franklin Pierce were around today, well, believe me, he would be great compared to what we have had in recent years.

  • @wholeNwon

    @wholeNwon

    4 жыл бұрын

    Anyone would be.

  • @seanhendrickson2201

    @seanhendrickson2201

    3 жыл бұрын

    If Pierce were to be somehow be brought into the modern day, he would struggle with evolving his ideas past the restrictions of the party of his day. The environment today would be alien to him now. The problems he possessed in his day are some of the same things plaguing the parties today...inflexible partisanship. I would argue he belongs to the past, but hindsight being what it is...his rigidity would have made him a less effective president in any time period.

  • @lilchromozome
    @lilchromozome4 жыл бұрын

    What's with everyone talking about the music? I think it's fine.

  • @stitchgrimly6167

    @stitchgrimly6167

    3 жыл бұрын

    Nope.

  • @therenegadepianotechnician5170
    @therenegadepianotechnician51703 жыл бұрын

    John Kennedy would have pushed for civil rights legislation , but he assumed the country would never accept it and it would fail. Lincoln faced the same dilemma regarding emancipation. Franklin Pierce seemed totally comfortable with slavery.

  • @MatthewThomas-yi1zk

    @MatthewThomas-yi1zk

    Жыл бұрын

    Franklin Pierce did NOT approve of slavery! He was between a rock and a hard place as President trying to keep the North & the South from dissolving the Union under his presidency. What would you have done different, or could have done different?? It was Stephen Douglas and the rest of the Democratic Party that rammed the Kansas-Nebraskan Act down Pierce's throat despite him having reservations about it. He despised Abolitionists NOT because he supported slavery, but because he feared their hell-bent actions would cause the Union to fall apart. He also DID NOT drink for several years BEFORE or during his Presidency, he only took it up again after the death of his wife in Dec. 1863 and after his best friend Nathaniel Hawthorne died in May of 1864 when they were on a trip together in hopes of improving Hawthorne's bad health. He wasn't even allowed to be a pall bearer at Hawthorne's funeral because of the political animosity towards Pierce DESPITE Pierce being a truly devoted and loyal friend to Hawthorne all his life!! The poor guy couldn't win! And despite the snub, Pierce still generously gave college money to Hawthorne's kids since H left the family in dire financial straights! Pierce was a dignified, loyal, generous, kind, and respectable human being who yes, made mistakes like ALL Presidents did, but he cared for his friends & family immensely...but he isn't recognized for many of the good things he actually accomplished in life...just the bad!! And there have been plenty of worse Presidents than Pierce like...Trump, Nixon, Tyler, Jackson, George W. Bush, Andy Johnson, Harding, Buchanan, Hoover, Benj. Harrison etcetera. Pierce deserves a little higher approval rating than what some so-called eminent historians who really HAVEN'T studied Pierce thoroughly, have rated him. He should at least be number 8 or 9 instead of number 3 or 4!

  • @discountcabbage4262
    @discountcabbage42624 жыл бұрын

    NH state capitol is pronounced like the word "Conquered"

  • @WhiteStone21475
    @WhiteStone214754 жыл бұрын

    What were you thinking with that soundtrack?? It sounds psychotic.

  • @jesusnthedaisychain
    @jesusnthedaisychain2 жыл бұрын

    The story is always the same, isn't it? Somebody who spends their whole life drinking or doing drugs, suddenly stops doing them and then that's not good enough. Now they have to stop everybody from being able to drink or do drugs. Prohibitionists never change.

  • @king_supreme1102
    @king_supreme11024 жыл бұрын

    Regardless of how bad presidents were. I find that all of them had incredibly successful lives. Really interesting to hear about.

  • @ThePlankton5165

    @ThePlankton5165

    Жыл бұрын

    Franklin Pierce didn't seem to like his life, but he was a former President, and I first heard of him when I was a kid.

  • @3-s16
    @3-s163 жыл бұрын

    I think he probably somewhat diserves to be ranked so bad, since he hated the abolitionist movement (A. K. A. he supported slavery) Although just as you said Pierce had a very tragic life and manged to somehow cope although he drunk too much alchohol

  • @danielnewman3441
    @danielnewman3441 Жыл бұрын

    When I was 23 I read a bio of Franklin. I couldn't understand why he gave up. When I lost a child it all made sense. He lost all 3. As close to impossible to recover from that. So sad.

  • @jamrhein2
    @jamrhein22 жыл бұрын

    I'm almost positive Jane actually does *not* mean Appleton.

  • @ilovetotri23
    @ilovetotri23 Жыл бұрын

    You keep saying when the country was divided! This country has always been very divided.I feel it is even more divided now. Great video!

  • @gregmoser1090
    @gregmoser10902 жыл бұрын

    *Upbeat music plays in the background* "His 11-year-old son was nearly decapitated right in front of him"

  • @MrWwefantripleh
    @MrWwefantripleh2 жыл бұрын

    Here in Concord it's pronounced like conquered and thank you for the awesome video

  • @redjirachi1
    @redjirachi16 жыл бұрын

    Bad Luck Brian, the President

  • @teddigris6995
    @teddigris6995 Жыл бұрын

    Cool Video! Can You Make A Video About Millard Fillmore

  • @ericfrager5024
    @ericfrager50242 жыл бұрын

    Give the man a break. Everything he and his wife had been through. He is ok in my book. Not all of the united States presidents can be top notch.

  • @attilathepun7983
    @attilathepun79832 жыл бұрын

    Where do you learn all this information?

  • @Gone._.
    @Gone._. Жыл бұрын

    November 22nd 1804: 😎 November 23rd 1804: 😩

  • @oldfogey4679
    @oldfogey46794 жыл бұрын

    I'm related to Franklin pierce! When compared to Lincoln naturally hed pale by comparison! I think he is blamed somewhat unfairly! For the country heading into civil war! He clear had PTSD! Despite his not being the best of presidents I'm still happy to call him an ancestor!

  • @theodoreroosevelt4260

    @theodoreroosevelt4260

    3 жыл бұрын

    How are you related to him? Certainly not direct ancestor because all if his children died as kids

  • @superrknight1858

    @superrknight1858

    3 жыл бұрын

    Well it wasn't just him as Fillmore and Buchanan were also responsible

  • @atulganesh7944
    @atulganesh79442 жыл бұрын

    He deserves his rankings(though I personally put him at 6 or 7th worst versus 3, where most people put him), but still a very tragic story, especially since he had to see two sons die of disease at a young age too, and then his third son getting decapitated in front of him.

  • @MichaelSidneyTimpson
    @MichaelSidneyTimpson5 жыл бұрын

    While you are at it, James Buchanan.

  • @terciosonic6767
    @terciosonic67673 жыл бұрын

    whats the name of the songs?

  • @VirgilZandig
    @VirgilZandig8 жыл бұрын

    Great work

  • @iammrbeat

    @iammrbeat

    8 жыл бұрын

    +uhhhhiii Thanks uh, hi.

  • @railyardpro.3651
    @railyardpro.3651 Жыл бұрын

    Narrator: Talks about children dying The Beat: Yes this is a joyous occasion.

  • @ricecooker7037
    @ricecooker7037 Жыл бұрын

    Franklin sounds like the embodiment of “but at what cost?”

  • @davidharrison3711
    @davidharrison37113 жыл бұрын

    So his name was Franklin, and his father was Benjamin.

  • @AutisticHelpWithCodes

    @AutisticHelpWithCodes

    2 жыл бұрын

    And a father Benjamin Franklin 🤣

  • @avecmoi9429
    @avecmoi94294 жыл бұрын

    I have always been interested in this guy. He had talent but did not know how to use it optimally.

  • @tankshot3256
    @tankshot32565 жыл бұрын

    Do you have Old Hickory?

  • @ilikegirls9946

    @ilikegirls9946

    4 жыл бұрын

    XD your thinking about Andrew Jackson.

  • @king_supreme1102
    @king_supreme11024 жыл бұрын

    Poor Pierce

  • @wilklikesmilk5371
    @wilklikesmilk53713 жыл бұрын

    Franklin Pierce not only did all three of his sons die he was an Alcoholic and his wife died from tuberculosis poor guy……

  • @sambradley2975
    @sambradley29755 жыл бұрын

    I don't know if any President at the time was up to the challenge of keeping the country together. Every President had to walk a fine line between preserving the Union & dealing with the slavery issue. It's like dealing with Immigration today .

  • @MatthewThomas-yi1zk

    @MatthewThomas-yi1zk

    Жыл бұрын

    You are 100% correct!! Unless you lived in 1850's America...you would not have had the benefit of today's hindsight to make better decisions! You did the best you could with what you knew at the time.

  • @chrise8275
    @chrise82753 жыл бұрын

    His VP died a month in and he had no vp for the rest of his term.

  • @quandalepringle2026
    @quandalepringle20263 жыл бұрын

    Even though he is part of my family I will admit he's not the best president.

  • @sambradley2975
    @sambradley29755 жыл бұрын

    I don't know if he would have resigned due to duress or the fact he was emotionally distressed, but he had no VP after King died, so the Speaker of the House would have been Pres.

  • @WickedTester176
    @WickedTester1762 жыл бұрын

    5:31 bruh I can’t take this serious moment seriously when there’s this upbeat music playing

  • @Jayn0x
    @Jayn0x2 жыл бұрын

    Wow I see Pierce a different way now I understand his actions he doesn’t deserve the hate he gets and honestly there is worse than him I admire that guy now

  • @dalereynolds7638
    @dalereynolds76384 жыл бұрын

    Why ever was Hawkeye on MASH ever named , at birth, Benjamin Franklin Pierce? Or was he named (as well?) after Ben Franklin?

  • @karinmajewski8902
    @karinmajewski8902 Жыл бұрын

    Franklin pierce watched his surviving son die in a train wreck and had a very tragic live. Give him a break