Gadsden Purchase Timeline

1804 Nov 23 Franklin Pierce Is Born
Franklin Pierce, 14th president of the United States, was born on November 23, 1804 in Hillsboro, New Hampshire. Like his predecessor James K. Polk, Pierce was a little-known candidate r...
1848 Feb 2 Treaty Of Guadalupe Hidalgo Is Signed
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in Mexico City on February 2, 1848, ending the Mexican War and extending the boundaries of the United States west to the Pacific Ocean. The term...
1851 Dec 31 Gadsden Secures Land To Serve As The Dividing Line For The Two Californias
Gadsden had supported nullification in 1831, and he advocated secession by South Carolina in 1850 when California was admitted to the Union as a free state. Gadsden considered slavery “a ...
1853 Jun 24 Franklin Pierce Signs The Gadsden Purchase
The Gadsden Purchase (known as Venta de La Mesilla, or "Sale of La Mesilla", in Mexico) is a 29,670-square-mile (76,800 km2) region of what is today southern Arizona and southwestern New ...
1853 Dec 30 James Gadsden Signs The Gadsden Purchase
James Gadsden, U.S. Minister to Mexico, and General Antonio López de Santa Anna, President of Mexico, signed the Gadsden Purchase in Mexico City on December 30, 1853. The treaty settled t...