Ten years after resigning from the Senate, when none of the party leaders could get a majority at the Democratic convention because of factional rivalries, this man emerged as the compromise candidate
Ten years after resigning from the Senate, when none of the party leaders could get a majority at the Democratic convention because of factional rivalries, this man emerged as the compromise candidate.  This almost unknown candidate swept the country in the elections and vainly tried to preserve the peace by nominating a diverse cabinet, including both Caleb Cushing and Jefferson Davis.  FTP, name this US President, who approved the Gadsden purchase and ineptly handled the Kansas-Nebraska affair.
Ten years after resigning from the Senate, when none of the party leaders could get a majority at the Democratic convention because of factional rivalries, this man emerged as the compromise candidate.  
Franklin Pierce