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2004 Topps American Treasures Presidential Cut Signatures

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Franklin Pierce Cut Signature, from 2004 Topps Series 1

Franklin Pierce, the 14th President of the United States, was born in Hillsboro, New Hampshire in 1804.  Pierce

received his education at Bowdoin College where he also met Nathaniel Hawthorne, who later became his biographer.

Pierce was the youngest member while being elected to the U.S. Senate in 1847. Pierce also served as brigadier-general

in the Mexican War, leading troops at the battles of Contreras and Churubusco.  While already having a successful law

practice, Pierce received the Democratic nomination for President in 1852 and received the electoral votes of all but four

states.  During his adminstration, the leading events were the Gadsen Purchase, the Koszta Affair and the Kansas-Nebraska

Bill.  Pierce Died in 1869.