1852

On January 6, 1853 while traveling with his family the president elect of the United States of America; Franklin Pierce his wife Jane and there 11 year old son Benjamin we’re involved in a train accident with only Pierce and his wife surviving. But, what if things had turned out differently...

Franklin Pierce is one of the more interesting figures of the mid-19th century. After Andrew Jackson left office in 1837, he was succeeded by a series of presidents who have largely been forgotten by the public. And while Pierce was no Washington, Jefferson, or Jackson, he certainly made his...