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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
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.
Franklin Pierce: 8 October 1869 (aged 64) Concord, New Hampshire, United States Edema or alcohol-related liver cirrhosis (death certification) U.S. President: Ardashir Mirza: 1866 (aged 58–59) Tehran, Iran: Alcohol-related issues Prince, and governor Daniel Webster: 24 October 1852 (aged 70)
The oldest president at the time of death was George H. W. Bush, who died at the age of 94 years, 171 days. [c] John F. Kennedy, assassinated at the age of 46 years, 177 days, was the youngest to have died in office; the youngest to have died by natural causes was James K. Polk, who died of cholera at the age of 53 years, 225 days.
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
The presidency of Franklin Pierce began on March 4, 1853, when Franklin Pierce was inaugurated as the 14th President of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1857. Pierce, a Democrat from New Hampshire , took office after defeating Whig Party nominee Winfield Scott in the 1852 presidential election .
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Food Network chef Carl Ruiz's cause of death has been revealed. A little less than a month after Ruiz's death at the age of 44 on September 22, a spokesperson for the Maryland Department of Health ...