Franklin Pierce #5: Dark Horse (1848-1852); Topics covered include: Successful law practice, Compromise of 1850, election of 1852, receives Democratic nomination as a Dark Horse candidate, and is elected President of the United States
Key people: Jane Pierce, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Winfield Scott, Lewis Cass, Stephen Douglas, James Polk, Charles Peaslee, A.G. Allen, John George, Sidney Webster, Robert Scott, Folliot Lally, Daniel Dickinson, William Marcy, William King, Isaac Barnes, Benny Pierce, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and John Hale
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