James Buchanan
Fifteenth President of the United States
1857-1861
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Date of birth: April 23, 1791
Place of birth: Cove Gap, Pennsylvania
Date of death: June 1, 1868
Place of death: Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Party: Democrat
Wife: None
Occupation: Laywer

During his presidency, James Buchanan had

• Vice President John C. Breckinridge
  
• wanted popular sovereignty, and asked that slavery be made legal in north
  
• congress against him in 1858 election
• John Brown hanged at Harpens Ferry for his attempted slave revolt
  
• not run for re-election