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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
Benjamin Pierce was an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati [2] and served as vice president of the Massachusetts state society from 1836 to 1839. [3] With membership inherited through primogeniture, Pierce's eldest son, Benjamin Kendrick Pierce, succeeded him. [2]
Then president-elect Franklin Pierce. Both Franklin and Jane were visibly affected by the accident. Pierce was described as being emotionally drained when his presidency began, while Jane was so distraught from the event that she did not attend the presidential inauguration, [3] nor was she able to attend Benjamin's burial in Concord.
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.
The first president, George Washington, won a unanimous vote of the Electoral College. [4] Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is therefore counted as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, giving rise to the discrepancy between the number of presidencies and the number of individuals who have served as president. [5]
George Washington was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1776, 13 years before becoming president. First president of the United States. [1] First president to have been born in the 18th century. [2] First president to have been a military veteran. [a] [3] First president to have served in the American Revolutionary War. [4]
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.
The Teflon President, [163] coined by Rep. Patricia Schroeder because nothing negative "stuck to" him (like a Teflon skillet); he remained blame-free in the eyes of the American people. [ 162 ] Bonzo : from the name of the chimp in Bedtime for Bonzo , a film that Reagan starred in as well as his mental ability.