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Franklin Pierce (6377 words) |
 | At the same session he made a strong speech against the removal of government officials for their political opinions, in violation of the pledges to the contrary which the Whig leaders had given to the country in the canvass of 1840. |
| It remained unsettled, to vex Buchanan's administration and further develop the germs of disunion and civil war On 2 June, 1856, the National Democratic convention met at Cincinnati to nominate a candidate for president. |
| On the first ballot James Buchanan had 135 votes, Pierce 122, Douglas 33, Cass 6, Pierce's vote gradually diminished, and on the 17th ballot Buchanan was nominated unanimously. |
| Timeline 1855-1859 (13706 words) |
| He was known as the 'hero of Verdun' but collaborated with the Nazis after the fall of France in 1940 and convicted of treason in 1945. |
| Fremont went on to serve as territorial governor of Arizona from 1878 to 1883. |
| James Buchanan signed a letter that confirmed the return of California mission properties to the church. |
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