Benny Pierce
The president was Franklin Pierce. His son was Benjamin Pierce and he was eleven years old when he was killed. Benny was the third child born to his father and his mother, Jane Means Appleton Pierce. Their first son lived for only a few days. Their second son died of Typhus at age 4. The death of her only remaining child put Jane into a deep depression from which she never recovered. She was never able to fulfill the duties expected of a first lady, which were taken over by relatives.
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John Adams and his son John Quincy Adams were US presidents from Mass.
The only member of a father and son combination to be elected twice was the son, George W. Bush. The father, George H.W. Bush as well as both Adamses were one-term presidents.
Three US Presidents had sons who died during their terms. President Lincoln's son, Willie Lincoln, was the only president's son to die in the White House, in 1862. He was 12 years old. President Coolidge's son, Calvin, died less than a year into his father's presidency, in July, 1924. He was 16 years old. President Kennedy had a son, Patrick, who was born prematurely and died on August 9, 1963. He was only 2 days old.
Franklin Pierce's son, Bennie died of a train accident.
uh yeah Andrew Jackson and a lot of presidents like killed someone because of crimes like Barack Obama