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James Buchanan, Jr. [1] (April 23, 1791 âe" June 1, 1868) was the fifteenth President of the United States (1857âe"1861).

To date he is the only President from Pennsylvania , and is the only never to marry. As president he was a " doughface " who battled Stephen A. Douglas for control of the Democratic Party . As Southern states declared their secession in the lead-up to the American Civil War , he held that secession was illegal but that going to war to stop it was also illegal and hence remained inactive. His inability to avert the Civil War has subsequently been assessed as the worst single failure by a United States President. [2]

Early life

James Buchanan was born in a log cabin at Cove Gap , near Mercersburg , Franklin County, Pennsylvania , on April 23, 1791, to James Buchanan and Elizabeth Speer. He was the second of 10 children, two of whom did not survive past infancy. The Buchanan family claims descent from King James I of Scotland . [3] [4] [5] He later attended the village academy and graduated from Dickinson College , in Carlisle, Pennsylvania . At one point, he was expelled from Dickinson for wild behavior and bad conduct, but after pleading for a second chance, he graduated with honors three years later on September 7, 1809. [6] Later that year he moved to Lancaster, Pennsylvania . For the next three years he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1812. A dedicated Federalist , he strongly opposed the War of 1812 on the grounds that it was an unnecessary conflict. Nevertheless, when the British invaded neighboring Maryland , he joined a volunteer light dragoon unit and served in the defense of Baltimore .

Political career

Buchanan started his political career in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1814âe"1816. He was elected to the 17th United States Congress and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1821 âe" March 4, 1831). He was chairman of the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary (Twenty-first Congress). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1830. Buchanan served as one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1830 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against James H. Peck , judge of the United States District Court for the District of Missouri . Buchanan served as ambassador to Russia from 1832 to 1834.

With his original party of choice, the Federalists , long defunct, Buchanan was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill a vacancy and served from December 1834; he was reelected in 1837 and 1843 and resigned in 1845. He was chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations (Twenty-fourth through Twenty-sixth Congresses).

After the death of Supreme Court Justice Henry Baldwin in 1844, Buchanan was nominated (and refused the nomination) by President Polk to serve as a Justice of the Supreme Court (the seat was filled by Robert Cooper Grier ).

Buchanan served as Secretary of State in the Cabinet of President James K. Polk from 1845 to 1849, during which time he negotiated the ...

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