William L. Marcy served as his secretary of state and engineered one of the few successes of his term, the Treaty of Kanagawa.  
He was the only president who, after declaring his intent to run, failed to receive his party's nomination for a second term.  William L. Marcy served as his secretary of state and engineered one of the few successes of his term, the Treaty of Kanagawa.  After defeating his former commander, Winfield Scott, he and his running mate, William Rufus King, took office.  FTP, name this president whose tenure saw the Gadsen Purchase and the Kansas Nebraska Act between the years of 1853 and 1857.
He was the only president who, after declaring his intent to run, failed to receive his party's nomination for a second term.  
Franklin Pierce