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The Franklin Pierce rail accident was a train derailment in the US on January 6, 1853, that resulted in the death of Benjamin Pierce, the only living son of US president-elect Franklin Pierce. Background
Benjamin or Ben Pierce may refer to: Benjamin Pierce (governor) (1757–1839), governor of New Hampshire in the 1820s, father of U.S. President Franklin Pierce Benjamin Pierce (1841–1853) , the last surviving son of U.S. President Franklin Pierce; died in a train accident just before his father's inauguration
Jane Pierce with her last surviving son, Benjamin Pierce. The child died in 1853 in a train crash, two months before his father was sworn into office as president. In 1852, Pierce's husband received the Democratic Party nomination for president. She is said to have fainted upon hearing the news.
6 January – United States – Franklin Pierce rail accident – A train carrying President-elect Franklin Pierce, his wife Jane and their son Benjamin derailed and toppled off an embankment near Andover, MA. Franklin and Jane suffered minor injuries, but their son Benjamin was killed. [54]
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Franklin Pierce (November 23, 1804 – October 8, 1869) was the 14th president of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857.A northern Democrat who believed that the abolitionist movement was a fundamental threat to the nation's unity, he alienated anti-slavery groups by signing the Kansas–Nebraska Act and enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act.
Benjamin Maupin’s account said he was from Homedale, and the couple married in September 2011. The train collision took place at about 8:20 a.m. on April 13 near U.S. Highway 20 at milepost 17.