Franklin Pierce

Franklin Pierce

He was born February 2, 1836. He died three days later on February 5, 1836.

Frank Robert Pierce

He was born August 27, 1839. He died of typhus fever on November 14, 1843. By the time of the death of this much-loved four-year-old, Franklin Pierce himself had begun to wonder if God was taking his children.

Benjamin Pierce

He was born April 13, 1841and he died January 16, 1853. With his wife convinced that retirement from politics was God's will, Franklin Pierce retired from the U. S. Senate to practice law in New Hampshire. But in 1852, in a fractured Democrat National Convention, he won the presidential nomination on the 49th ballot. But Mrs. Pierce's greatest fears were realized. Pierce won, and eleven-year-old Benny was killed in a train accident before his parents' eyes.

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