presidency of Franklin Pierce began on March 4 , 1853 , when Franklin Pierce was inaugurated as President of the United States , and ended on March 4 , 1857 . Pierce , a Democrat from New Hampshire , took office as the 14th United States president after routing Whig Party nominee Winfield Scott in the 1852 presidential election . Seen by fellow Democrats as pleasant and accommodating to all the party 's factions , Pierce , then a little-known politician , won the presidential nomination on the 49th ballot of the 1852 Democratic National Convention
1852 Democratic National Convention
1852 Democratic National Convention
Presidency of Franklin Pierce