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During his time in Washington, Pierce often turned to drinking to combat his boredom as a politician. He also gained a reputation as a gossip, along with the aforementioned drinking issues.

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After he resigned from the Senate, he served as the chairman of the Committee on Pensions before returning to Concord to resume his law practice.

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However, Pierce arrived in office during a period of great tension between the North and South, and his perceived advocacy for the expansion of slavery made him unpopular in the North.

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After retiring from the Senate, Pierce would briefly serve in the Mexican War as a brigadier general.

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He resumed his legal practice in 1857, but he continued to garner dislike in the North when he criticized the presidency of Abraham Lincoln

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He resumed his legal practice in 1857, but he continued to garner dislike in the North when he criticized the presidency of Abraham Lincoln.

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It is also suspected that her dislike of Washington led to Pierce’s resignation from the Senate.

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Appleton was shy, religious, and a supporter of the temperance movement.

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Pierce was seen as the best candidate for both the North and South to compromise on, so he narrowly won the election and took to office with a promise of peace and prosperity for the United States.

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He would lose most of his supporters in the North at this point, because the Kansas-Nebraska Act invalidated the Missouri Compromise.