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Which president was elected after Franklin Pierce's term ended?

  • Abraham Lincoln

  • James Buchanan

  • Millard Fillmore

  • Andrew Johnson

Answer

James Buchanan was elected as the 15th President of the United States after Franklin Pierce's term ended in 1857. Buchanan, like Pierce, was a Northern Democrat who struggled to maintain the nation's unity amidst growing tensions between the North and South over slavery.
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