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Several historians believe that Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States, may have been America’s first gay president. While he was briefly engaged to a wealthy woman named Anne Coleman, the marriage never went through, and many people speculated that the attachment was based more on her significant wealth than any genuine affection.
HISTORY. The 175-Year History of Speculating About President James Buchanan’s Bachelorhood. Was his close friendship with William Rufus King just that, or was it evidence that he was the...
Politics. Was James Buchanan the First Gay President? Writer Thomas J. Balcerski on the 15th president and his very close male friend. Donald Padgett. November 26 2019 2:46 PM EST.
Some of the most popular theories about whether there has ever been a gay president surround President James Buchanan, one-term president from 1857-1861. He is reported to have been close...
Tom Murse. Updated on January 15, 2020. There has never been an openly gay president of the United States, but some historians have argued that James Buchanan, the only president who never shared the White House with a first lady , may have had feelings for a member of the same sex.
Roadside. Designated. January 1955. James Buchanan Jr. ( / bjuːˈkænən / bew-KAN-ən; [3] April 23, 1791 – June 1, 1868) was an American lawyer, diplomat, and politician. He served as the 15th president of the United States from 1857 to 1861, as the secretary of State from 1845 to 1849, and represented Pennsylvania in both houses of the U ...
September 26, 2019 10:39 AM. Bosom Friends: The Intimate World of James Buchanan and William Rufus King, by Thomas J. Balcerski (Oxford University Press, 352 pp., $34.95) W as President...
