In the fall of 1861, former President Franklin Pierce headed to the ... who had served in various positions under President James Buchanan). What Pierce was purported to have said made its way ...

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - We look now to “Old Buck” - James Buchanan ... this time to Franklin Pierce. Pierce, upon ...

The Democratic Party required 48 ballots before Franklin Pierce was nominated in 1852 ... but the Democrats chose the less divisive James Buchanan as their nominee.