James Buchanan

== Term ==
* 15th President of the United States
* March 4, 1857 - March 4, 1861 (65-69)
* Democratic
* Preceded by Franklin Pierce
* Succeeded by Abraham Lincoln
* United States Minister to the United Kingdom
* August 23, 1853 - March 15, 1856 (62-64)
* Appointed by Franklin Pierce
* Preceded by Joseph Reed Ingersoll
* Succeeded by George M. Dallas
* 28th Secretary of State of the United States
* March 10, 1845 - March 7, 1849 (53-57)
* Preceded by John C. Calhoun
* Succeeded by John M. Clayton
* U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania
* December 6, 1834 - March 5, 1845 (43-53)
* Preceded by William Wilkins
* Succeeded by Simon Cameron
* United States Minister to Russia
* June 11, 1832 - August 5, 1833 (41-42)
* Appointed by Andrew Jackson
* Preceded by John Randolph
* Succeeded by William Wilkins
* Chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee
* March 5, 1829 - March 3, 1831 (37-39)
* Preceded by Philip P. Barbour
* Succeeded by Warren R. Davis
* Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
* March 4, 1821 - March 3, 1831 (29-39)
* Preceded by Jacob Hibshman
* Succeeded by William Hiester
* Member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives
* 1814 - 1816 (22/23 - 24/25)
== Life Data ==
* James Buchanan Jr.
* Born April 23, 1791
* in Cove Gap, Pennsylvania
* Education: Dickinson College (BA 1809)
* Occupation: Lawyer, Politician
* Died June 1, 1868 (77 years)
* in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
== Military Service ==
Private	Pennsylvania State Militia	1814
== Parents ==
Father	James Buchanan 	October 25, 1761	June 11, 1821 (59 years)	April 16, 1788 - June 11, 1821 (33 years)
Mother	Elizabeth Speer	March 17, 1767 	May 24, 1833 (66 years) 	April 16, 1788 - June 11, 1821 (33 years)
== Siblings ==
1. 	Mary Buchanan 	March 17, 1789 	March 17, 1789 	January 18, 1791 (1 year) 	January 18, 1791 (1 year)
2. 	Jane Ann Buchanan 	July 17, 1793 	February 20, 1839 (45 years)	m.1813 Elliott Lane (1783-1840) 	8 children
3. 	Maria Buchanan 	December 17, 1795	November 3, 1849 (53 years) 	
# m.1817 Samuel Johnston (1796-1820)
# m.1823 William Magaw (1786-1823)
# m.1826 Charles Yates (1804-91)	
# 1 child
# 1 child
# 6 children
4. 	Sarah Buchanan 	November 4, 1798 	January 27, 1825 (26 years) 	m.1818 James Huston (1799-1872) 	1 child
5. 	Elizabeth Buchanan 	March 8, 1800 	March 8, 1800 	August 28, 1801 (1 year) 	August 28, 1801 (1 year)
6. 	Harriet Elizabeth Buchanan	August 5, 1802 	January 23, 1840 (37 years) 	m.1832 Robert Henry (1801-38) 	2 children
7. 	John Buchanan 	November 21, 1804	November 21, 1804 	December 5, 1804 (14 days) 	December 5, 1804 (14 days)
8. 	William Speer Buchanan 	November 11, 1805	November 11, 1805 	December 19, 1826 (21 years) 	December 19, 1826 (21 years)
9. 	George Washington Buchanan	April 16, 1808 	April 16, 1808 	September 26, 1832 (24 years) 	September 26, 1832 (24 years)
10.	Edward Young Buchanan 	May 30, 1811 	January 25, 1895 (83 years) 	m.1833 Ann Eliza Foster (1812-91)	7 children
== Paternal Grandparents ==
Paternal Grandfather	John Buchanan 	1728 	January 25, 1810 (81-82 years)	1751 - 1768 (16-17 years)
Paternal Grandmother	Jane Trindell Russell	March 16, 1730	1768 (37-38 years) 	8 children
== Maternal Grandparents ==
Maternal Grandfather	James Speer 	1725	1782 (56-57 years)	1760 -82 (21-22 years)
Maternal Grandmother	Mary Patterson	1730	1788 (57-58 years)	5 children
== Vice President ==
John C. Breckinridge	1821-75	1857-61	Kentucky
== Presidential Cabinet ==
Secretary of State 	
# William L. Marcy
# Lewis Cass
# William Hunter
# Jeremiah S. Black	
# 1786-1857
# 1782-1866
# 1805-86
# 1810-83	
# 1857
# 1857-60
# 1860
# 1860-61	
# New York 
# Michigan
# Rhode Island
# New York
Secretary of the Treasury	
# James Guthrie
# Howell Cobb
# Philip Francis Thomas
# John Adams Dix	
# 1792-1869
# 1815-68
# 1810-90
# 1798-1879	
# 1857
# 1857-60
# 1860-61
# 1861	
# Kentucky
# Georgia
# Maryland
# New York
Secretary of War 	
# John B. Floyd
# Joseph Holt	
# 1806-63
# 1807-94	
# 1857-60
# 1861	
# Virginia
# Kentucky
Attorney General 	
# Jeremiah S. Black
# Edwin Stanton	
# 1810-83
# 1814-69	
# 1857-60
# 1860-61	
# New York
# Pennsylvania
Secretary of the Navy 	Isaac Toucey	1792-1869	1857-61	Connecticut
Postmaster General 	
# Aaron V. Brown
# Joseph Holt
# Horatio King	
# 1795-1859
# 1807-94
# 1811-97	
# 1857-59
# 1859-60
# 1861	
# Tennessee
# Kentucky
# Maine
Secretary of the Interior	
# Robert McClelland
# Jacob Thompson	
# 1807-80
# 1810-85	
# 1857
# 1857-61	
# Michigan
# Mississippi
== Chief Justice ==
5.	Roger B. Taney	1777-1864	1836-64 (28 years)	Maryland
== Associate Justices ==
1.	John McLean 	1785-1861	1829-61 (32 years)	Ohio
2.	James M. Wayne 	1790-1867	1835-67 (32 years)	Virginia
3.	John Catron 	1786-1865	1837-65 (28 years)	Tennessee
4.	Peter V. Daniel 	1784-1860	1841-60 (19 years)	Virginia
5.	Samuel Nelson 	1792-1873	1845-72 (27 years)	New York
6.	Robert Cooper Grier 	1794-1870	1846-70 (24 years)	Pennsylvania
7.	Benjamin Robbins Curtis	1809-74 	1851-57 (6 years) 	Massachusetts
8.	John Archibald Campbell	1811-89 	1853-61 (8 years) 	Alabama
9.	Nathan Clifford 	1803-81 	1858-81 (23 years)	Maine