James Buchanan
Fifteenth U.S. President
March 4, 1857 - March 3, 1861
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VICE
PRESIDENT
John C. Breckenridge |
White
House Hostess
Harriet Lane Johnson |
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BORN: April 23, 1791 |
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 |
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| 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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