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James Buchanan

Dates In Office: 
March 04, 1857 to March 04, 1861
Age in Office: 
65
Birth - Death: 
April 23, 1791 to June 01, 1868
Party: 
Democratic
Location Born: 
Pennsylvania
Office: 
Secretary of State
Religion: 
Presbyterian

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JAMES BUCHANAN EVENT TIMELINE
FIRST LADY HARRIET JOHNSTON
BUCHANAN PRESIDENTIAL SITES AND ORGANIZATIONS:
     James Buchanan and Harriet Lane Johnston Papers at the Library of Congress
     James Buchanan Papers at Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
     James Buchanan House (Wheatland) in Lancaster, PA
     Wheatland Site, Lancaster History, Lancaster, PA
BIOGRAPHIES OF JAMES BUCHANAN
     Biography of James Buchanan by William Cooper
     Biography of James Buchanan by Encyclopedia Britannica