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Who was James Buchanan? Anyone who wants to know about America's History needs to know more about who was James Buchanan.

Find out more about James Buchanan and all of the United States presidents. Come learn about the great American history events.

Career Highlights

In office
March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861
Vice PresidentJohn C. Breckinridge
BornApril 23, 1791
Cove Gap, Pennsylvania
DiedJune 1, 1868
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
United States Minister to the United Kingdom
In office
August 23, 1853 – March 15, 1856
United States Secretary of State
In office
March 10, 1845 – March 7, 1849
United States Senator
from Pennsylvania
In office
December 6, 1834 – March 5, 1845
United States Minister to Russia
In office
June 11, 1832 – August 5, 1833
Chairman of the 
House Judiciary Committee
In office
March 5, 1829 – March 3, 1831
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania
In office
March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1831
Member of the 
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
from Lancaster County
In office
1814–1816
Political partyDemocratic
EducationDickinson College (BA)

Presidents

  1. George Washington
  2. John Adams
  3. Thomas Jefferson
  4. James Madison
  5. James Monroe
  6. John Quincy Adams
  7. Andrew Jackson
  8. Martin Van Buren
  9. William Henry Harrison
  10. John Tyler
  11. James K. Polk
  12. Zachary Taylor
  13. Millard Fillmore
  14. Franklin Pierce
  15. James Buchanan
  16. Abraham Lincoln
  17. Andrew Johnson
  18. Ulysses S. Grant
  19. Rutherford B. Hayes
  20. James Garfield
  21. Chester Arthur
  22. Grover Cleveland
  23. Benjamin Harrison
  24. William McKinley
  25. Theodore Roosevelt
  26. William Howard Taft
  27. Woodrow Wilson
  28. Warren G. Harding
  29. Calvin Coolidge
  30. Herbert Hoover
  31. Franklin D. Roosevelt
  32. Harry S. Truman
  33. Dwight Eisenhower
  34. John F. Kennedy
  35. Lyndon B. Johnson
  36. Richard Nixon
  37. Gerald Ford
  38. Jimmy Carter
  39. Ronald Reagan
  40. George H. W. Bush
  41. Bill Clinton
  42. George W. Bush
  43. Barack Obama
  44. Donald Trump
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