| 词条 | Benjamin Pierce (governor) |
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|name =Benjamin Pierce |image =NHGOV Benjamin Pierce.jpg |imagesize = |order1 =11th Governor of New Hampshire |term_start1 =June 7, 1827 |term_end1 =June 5, 1828 |preceded1 =David L. Morril |succeeded1 =John Bell |term_start2 =June 4, 1829 |term_end2 =June 3, 1830 |preceded2 =John Bell |succeeded2 =Matthew Harvey |office3 =Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives |term3 =1789–1802 |birth_date ={{birth date|1757|12|25}} |birth_place =Chelmsford, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America |death_date ={{death date and age|1839|4|1|1757|12|25}} |death_place =Hillsborough, New Hampshire, U.S. |nationality = |party = Democratic-Republican |spouse = |relations = |children = |residence = |alma_mater = |occupation = |profession = |religion = |signature = |website = |footnotes = }} Benjamin Pierce (December 25, 1757 – April 1, 1839) was a colonial soldier in the American Revolution and an American Democratic-Republican politician. He was the father of Franklin Pierce, the 14th President of the United States. He served as Governor of New Hampshire from 1827 to 1828 and from 1829 to 1830. BiographyHe was born in Chelmsford in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, the son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Merrill) Pierce, as well as a direct descendant of Thomas Pierce (1618–1683), the grandson of Sir Richard Carew, who was born in Norwich, Norfolk, England and settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Benjamin Pierce was a distinguished veteran of the Revolutionary War, serving in the 16th Continental Regiment, which was later renamed the 8th Massachusetts Regiment. He was present at the Battle of Bunker Hill.[1] He was promoted to Ensign in the 1st Massachusetts Regiment for bravery at Saratoga. He was an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati. Following the war, he moved to Hillsborough, New Hampshire, where he built the Franklin Pierce Homestead, and was assigned the task of forming the Hillsborough County militia. In 1805, he was promoted to Brigadier General and assigned command of the New Hampshire state militia. Prior to becoming governor, he served in the New Hampshire state legislature from 1789 to 1802 and twice as Sheriff of Hillsborough County, from 1809 to 1812 and later from 1818 to 1827. He was a delegate to the state Constitutional Convention in September 1791 and a member of the Governor's Council from 1803 to 1809 and again in 1814. Family lifeBenjamin Pierce's father died when he was six. He subsequently worked on his uncle's farm until enlisting in Ebenezer Bridge’s Massachusetts regiment on April 26, 1775. On May 24, 1787, he married Elizabeth Andrews. Their daughter, named Elizabeth Andrews Pierce, was born August 9, 1788, but the elder Elizabeth died of childbirth complications four days later on August 13. Elizabeth Andrews Pierce (1788–1855) was the wife of Army General John McNeil Jr. He married Anna Kendrick (born October 30, 1769) on February 1, 1790 at Amherst, New Hampshire. Together they had eight children:
They remained married until her death on December 7, 1838. He died 4 months later in Hillsborough, and is buried in the town's Pine Hill Cemetery. Benjamin Pierce was an original member of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati with membership inherited through primogeniture. His eldest son, Benjamin Kendrick Pierce, succeeded him as a member in the society in 1841. He was then succeeded by his younger brother, future president Franklin Pierce in 1852, and was later succeeded by Benjamin's youngest son, Henry Dearborn Pierce in 1873. References1. ^Bell, 2015 Sources
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