 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Somutungamiri wenyika, Pierce panguva imwe chete akaedza kuita kuti pave nemitemo isina kwayakarerekera yebasa rehurumende ukuwo achigutsa zvinhu zvakasiyana-siyana zveDemocratic Party nokutsigira, kuedza kwakakundikana zvikuru uye kwakaita kuti vakawanda mubato rake vamurwise. Akanga ari mumwe wevechiduku vokuAmerica vaida kuwedzera nyika avo vakasayina Gadsden Purchase yenyika kubva kuMexico uye vakatungamirira kuedza kwakakundikana kuwana Cuba kubva kuSpain. Akasaina zvibvumirano zvokutengeserana neBritain neJapan, ukuwo hurumende yake ichigadziridza madhipatimendi avo uye ichivandudza kuzvidavirira, asi kubudirira uku kwakaputirwa nokurwisana kwezvematongerwe enyika panguva yaaitonga. Kuzivikanwa kwake kwakaderera zvakanyanya mumatunhu ekuchamhembe mushure mekunge atsigira Kansas-Nebraska Mutemo, uyo wakabvisa Chibvumirano cheMissouri, nepo vachena vazhinji kumaodzanyemba vakaramba vachimutsigira. Kuparirwa kwechiito chacho kwakatungamirira kukakavadzana kune chisimbapamusoro pokupararira kwouranda muMadokero eAmerica. Kutonga kwaPierce kwakakuvadzwazve apo vanoverengeka vavakuru venyika dzake vakabudisa Ostend Manifesto vachikumbira kubatanidzwa kweCuba, gwaro rakatsoropodzwa zvikuru. Aitarisira kuti aizosarudzwazve nemaDemocrats musarudzo yemutungamiri wenyika ya1856, asi akasiyiwa nebato rake uye zvaaida hazvina kubudirira. Mukurumbira wake muNorth wakatambura zvikuru munguva yeAmerican Civil War sezvo akava mutsoropodzi weMutungamiri Abraham Lincoln. 