[PAR] [TLE] Caleb Cushing [SEP] Caleb Cushing (January 17, 1800 – January 2, 1879) was an American diplomat who served as a U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts and Attorney General under President Franklin Pierce. [PAR] [TLE] Franklin Pierce [SEP] Franklin Pierce (November 23, 1804October 8, 1869) was the 14th President of the United States (1853–57).  Pierce was a northern Democrat who saw the abolitionist movement as a fundamental threat to the unity of the nation.  His polarizing actions in championing and signing the Kansas–Nebraska Act and enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act alienated anti-slavery groups while failing to stem conflict between North and South setting the stage for Southern secession and the US Civil War.  Historians and other scholars generally rank Pierce among the worst of US Presidents.
[PAR] [TLE] Caleb Cushing [ SEP ] Caleb Cushing ( January 17 , 1800 – January 2 , 1879 ) was an American diplomat who served as a U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts and Attorney General under President Franklin Pierce . [PAR] [TLE] Franklin Pierce [ SEP ] Franklin Pierce ( November 23 , 1804October 8 , 1869 ) was the 14th President of the United States ( 1853–57 ) . Pierce was a northern Democrat who saw the abolitionist movement as a fundamental threat to the unity of the nation . His polarizing actions in championing and signing the Kansas – Nebraska Act and enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act alienated anti - slavery groups while failing to stem conflict between North and South setting the stage for Southern secession and the US Civil War . Historians and other scholars generally rank Pierce among the worst of US Presidents .
What Attorney General, born in 1880 in Massachusetts, served under the President who signed the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and who is generally regarded by historians to be among the worst of US Presidents?
What Attorney General , born in 1880 in Massachusetts , served under the President who signed the Kansas - Nebraska Act , and who is generally regarded by historians to be among the worst of US Presidents ?
Caleb Cushing
Caleb Cushing