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James Buchanan | |
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15th President of the United States | |
In office March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861 | |
Vice President | John C. Breckinridge |
Preceded by | Franklin Pierce |
Succeeded by | Abraham Lincoln |
United States Minister to the United Kingdom | |
In office August 23, 1853 – March 15, 1856 | |
President | Franklin Pierce |
Preceded by | Joseph Reed Ingersoll |
Succeeded by | George M. Dallas |
17th United States Secretary of State | |
In office March 10, 1845 – March 7, 1849 | |
President | |
Preceded by | John C. Calhoun |
Succeeded by | John M. Clayton |
United States Senator from Pennsylvania | |
In office December 6, 1834 – March 5, 1845 | |
Preceded by | William Wilkins |
Succeeded by | Simon Cameron |
United States Minister to Russia | |
In office June 11, 1832 – August 5, 1833 | |
President | Andrew Jackson |
Preceded by | John Randolph |
Succeeded by | William Wilkins |
Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee | |
In office March 5, 1829 – March 3, 1831 | |
Preceded by | Philip P. Barbour |
Succeeded by | Warren R. Davis |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania | |
In office March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1831 | |
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Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Lancaster County | |
In office 1814–1816 | |
Preceded by | Emanuel Reigart, Joel Lightner, Jacob Grosh, John Graff, Henry Hambright, Robert Maxwell |
Succeeded by | Joel Lightner, Hugh Martin, John Forrey, Henry Hambright, Jasper Slaymaker, Jacob Grosh[1] |
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Born | Cove Gap, Pennsylvania, U.S. | April 23, 1791
Died | June 1, 1868 Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S. | (aged 77)
Resting place | Woodward Hill Cemetery |
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Education | Dickinson College (BA) |
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Branch/service | Pennsylvania Militia |
Years of service | 1814[2] |
Rank | Private |
Unit | Shippen's Cavalry, 1st Brigade, 4th Division |
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Official name | James Buchanan |
Type | Roadside |
Designated | January 1955 |
- ^ Ellis, Franklin; Evans, Samuel (1883). History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Vol. 1. Philadelphia: Everts & Peck. p. 214.
- ^ Curtis, George Ticknor (1883). Life of James Buchanan, Fifteenth President of the United States. Vol. 1. New York: Harper & Brothers. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-62376-821-8.