What President who had polarizing actions in championing and signing the Kansas–Nebraska Act, has mountains named after him?
Mount Pierce: Hills and mountains named Pierce, some of them after Franklin Pierce (1804–1869), 14th president of the United States: Franklin Pierce:  His polarizing actions in championing and signing the Kansas–Nebraska Act and enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act alienated anti-slavery groups while failing to stem conflict between North and South setting the stage for Southern secession and the US Civil War.
Franklin Pierce