Franklin Pierce was the 14th President of the United States of America. He was a total pretty boy. He was also a psychotic killer who earned the surname of Pierce because he stabbed people a lot. Although he was born Franklin Pendragon of Bismarck, the wizard Merlin christened him Franklin Pierce after beholding his lunatic knifing of the First Dog. As Pierce was one of the worst presidents of all time, it should come as no surprise to anyone that he was a Democrat. As he was a Democrat, it should come as no surprise that Pierce died of the the liver cirrhosis.