Episode #131: Franklin Pierce #1: Oh, to Be Like Dad (1804-1830)

Franklin Pierce #1: Oh, to Be Like Dad (1804-1830); Topics covered include: Father (Benjamin Pierce) is his personal hero, well-educated, natural leader, attends Bowdoin College, friendship with Nathaniel Hawthorne, lawyer, meets Jane Appleton, town moderator (Hillsborough, NH), election of 1828, and elected to the lower house of the state legislature of New Hampshire

Key people: Benjamin Pierce, Elizabeth Pierce, Anna (Kendrick) Pierce, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Samuel Howe, Elizabeth Pierce, Jane Appleton, and Andrew Jackson

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