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flag Frank Pierce became the 14th U.S. president in 1852 amid rising national tensions over slavery.

flag 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. flag After a political career in New Hampshire, he became the 14th president in 1852. flag His administration was marked by increasing unpopularity due to his support for the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the growing national tensions over slavery.

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