Results: USA Presidential Facts (Franklin Pierce 1853-1857)
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1.
Did you know he kept a pet donkey at the White House ? Yes
11%
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118 votes
No
89%
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1004 votes
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Did you know he installed central heating in the White House ? Yes
11%
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120 votes
No
89%
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1002 votes
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3.
Did you know his college best friend was famed author Nathaniel Hawthorne (who wrote The Scarlet Letter) and Hawthorne even wrote Pierce's official campaign biography ? Yes
9%
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104 votes
No
91%
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1018 votes
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4.
Did you know he had a memory like a vault and he was the first president to deliver his entire inaugural address—over 3,000 words—entirely from memory without using any notes ? Yes
9%
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104 votes
No
91%
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1018 votes
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5.
Did you know Pierce's presidency was deeply affected by the death of his 11-year-old son, Bennie, who died in a horrific train wreck just two months before the inauguration ? (His wife, Jane, believed the tragedy was divine punishment for Pierce's political ambitions and lived as a recluse in the White House, earning her the nickname "The Shadow in the White House".) Yes
10%
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114 votes
No
90%
•
1008 votes
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