appointed U.S. Minister to Portugal by President Benjamin Harrison; but failing health forced Pierce to resign after only a few months. Pierce's last years were spent in British Columbia, Washington, and California before the time of his death at the Lexington Hotel in Chicago, aged 62. Notes Sources External links |- 1838 births 1901 deaths 19th-century American politicians Ambassadors of the United States to Portugal Governors of Dakota Territory Republican Party members of the Indiana House of Representatives People from Cattaraugus County, New York Politicians from Chicago Republican Party United States senators from North Dakota Writers from Chicago