This president, who defeated Winfield Scott in an election, distanced himself from Pierre Soule and the Ostend Manifesto, and he signed the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
This man's opponents mocked him for only giving a cent to a boy in "The Ballad of the Stick of Candy." He was also mocked by a miniature book titled for his Military Service. His reaction to being thrown from his horse in the Battle of Contreras led to his nickname, the "Fainting General." This dedicatee of Our Old Home was called the "archtraitor" by Harriet Beecher Stowe. He was supported in his presidential campaign by groups known as "Granite Clubs." This president, who defeated Winfield Scott in an election, distanced himself from Pierre Soule and the Ostend Manifesto, and he signed the Kansas-Nebraska Act. For 10 points, name this president who was succeeded by the equally ineffective Democrat James Buchanan and is the only president to come from New Hampshire.
This man's opponents mocked him for only giving a cent to a boy in "The Ballad of the Stick of Candy.
Franklin Pierce