Franklin Pierce, El Presidente Numero Fourteeno. He supported the South and picked on Lincoln for suspending the writ of habeus corpus. But his few redeeming qualities? That quiet half-smile, his endearingly quizzical brow, and his campaign slogan: “We Polked you in 1844; we shall Pierce you in 1852!” (James K. Polk and Franklin Pierce were from the same party.)

Franklin Pierce, El Presidente Numero Fourteeno. He supported the South and picked on Lincoln for suspending the writ of habeus corpus. But his few redeeming qualities? That quiet half-smile, his endearingly quizzical brow, and his campaign slogan:

“We Polked you in 1844; we shall Pierce you in 1852!”

(James K. Polk and Franklin Pierce were from the same party.)