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Jul 8, 2019 · James Buchanan was born on April 23, 1791, in Stony Batter, Cove Gap, Pennsylvania, and his family moved when he was 5 to the town of Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. He was the second and oldest surviving son of the 11 children of James Buchanan Sr., a wealthy merchant and farmer, and his wife Elizabeth Speer, a well-read and intelligent woman.
May 13, 2022 · When James Buchanan gave his inaugural address on March 4, 1857, he was remarkably optimistic that the United States’ debate over slavery was about to end. Knowing that the Supreme Court would ...
Feb 2, 2024 · James Buchanan was born in a log cabin in Cove Gap, a village in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, on April 23, 1791. He was the first son and second of eleven children born to James and Elizabeth (Speer) Buchanan. Buchanan senior was an Irish immigrant who became a successful storekeeper after settling in Pennsylvania.
James Buchanan, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, is inaugurated as the nation's fifteenth President. He enters office without a strong national mandate, having mustered support from only four of fourteen northern states and secured only 45.3 percent of the popular vote. Buchanan has served previously in Congress, as a secretary of state for ...
James Buchanan was the son of Irish immigrants who had made a successful life for themselves as merchants in rural Pennsylvania. The Buchanans could afford to send James to good schools, and after graduating with honors from Dickinson College, James Buchanan studied law.
James Buchanan was the last President born in the eighteenth century, on April 23, 1791. Although he was born in a log cabin, his origins were far from humble. His father, for whom he was named, had emigrated from Ireland a decade before, married Elizabeth Speer, and became a successful merchant in rural Pennsylvania, settling near Mercersburg ...
James Buchanan was born in Pennsylvania in 1791. At age 23, he won election to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Six years later he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. He spent the majority of the next 25 years in Congress. In 1845, Buchanan resigned to become secretary of state under President James K. Polk.
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