Franklin Pierce
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Oh God. Why not Franklin Pierce?
"Radical abolitionists" is an interesting term. Please expound.Everyone has been told to believe that Frank Pierce was a terrible president, and that is because Pierce was a Southern sympathizer who knew the radical abolitionists were a threat to the union.
Pierce ran an honest administration, and the Democrats, radical abolitionists, and northern press hated him for it.
Pierce is one of the most under-rated of all presidents.
Well, let the dead bury the dead. FDR was a statist. I don't hate him but hate his beliefs and those of his role model Woodrow Wilson.
Woodrow may have been, to a limited extent, someone Frank admired, but Frank's real admiration was for cousin Teddy.
Frank's presidency included these achievements:
* Creation of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
* Glass-Stegall Act
* Social Security
* Strengthened Child Labor Laws