Why did the Democratic Party nominate Franklin Pierce for president in 1852?
A) He was an easterner who had been out of the country on a diplomatic mission and so had no recorded position on slavery in territories.
B) He was a northern man thought to be sympathetic to the South.
C) He was a southerner who did not believe in slavery.
D) He was a westerner who was uncommitted on the issue of slavery in territories.
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