CHAPTER 34 THE STRUGGLE FOR KANSAS Campaign of 1852.
349. Pierce elected President.1852
lt was now Campaign time for a new election. The Whigs had been suc- cessful with two old soldiers, so they thought they would try again with an- other soldier and nominated General Winfield Scott, the conqueror of Mexico. The Democrats also nominated a soldier. Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire, who had been in northern Mexico with Taylor. The Democrats and Whigs both said that they would stand by the Compromise of 1850. But many voters thought that there would be less danger of excitement with a Democrat in the White House and voted for Pierce for that reason. They soon found that they were terribly mis- taken in their belief.
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