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James Buchanan
Fifteenth U.S. President

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March 4, 1857 - March 3, 1861

VICE PRESIDENT
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John C. Breckenridge

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Harriet Lane Johnson
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Our only TRUE bachelor president,  Buchanan never married.  His niece Harriet Johnson was the popular White House hostess during his presidency.
     Cove Gap, Pennsylvania
PROFESSION:  Attorney
POLITICAL PARTY:  Democratic
HOME STATE:  Virginia
POLITICAL OFFICES:  U. S. Representative, U.S. Senator, Diplomat (to Russia and Great Britain), Secretary of State
NICKNAME:  "Old Buck"
DIED:  June 1, 1868  (Age - 77)
BURIED:  Wheatland, Pennsylvania
Buchanan on his role in the controversy between Northern and Southern States.
"I desire to come between  the factions as a daysman with one hand on the head of each, counseling peace."  To John Calhoun

"I acted for some time as a breakwater between the North and South, both surging with all their forces against me."  To his neice after leaving office.

 

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