弗兰克·皮尔斯在1852年成为美国第14任总统,当时全国的奴隶制紧张局势正在加剧. Frank Pierce became the 14th U.S. president in 1852 amid rising national tensions over slavery.

弗兰克林·皮尔斯仍然是唯一一位在缅因州上大学的美国总统,他在博德学院学习,1824年毕业于班级第五名. Franklin Pierce remains the only U.S. president to have attended college in Maine, studying at Bowdoin College and graduating fifth in his class in 1824. 在新罕布什尔州的政治生涯之后,他于1852年成为第14任总统. After a political career in New Hampshire, he became the 14th president in 1852. 他的政府因支持堪萨斯-内布拉斯加州法案和奴隶制日益严重的国家紧张局势而受到越来越多的不受欢迎. His administration was marked by increasing unpopularity due to his support for the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the growing national tensions over slavery.