James Buchanan

1791 - 1868  (77 years)

• Name	James Buchanan  [1]
  Birth	23 Apr 1791	Stony Batter, Mercersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Jun 1868	Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Burial	Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I1808	A Demo Tree
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2023

  
  

  Father	James Buchanan,   b. 1761, Tyrone, Galway, Ireland d. 11 Jun 1821, Mercersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth Speer,   b. 17 Mar 1767, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA d. 24 May 1833, Greensburg, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 66 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F903	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Was elected in 1856 over John C. Fr‚mont and Millard Fillmore by a popular vote of 1,832,955 to 1,339,932 and 871,731 and an electoral vote of 174 to 114 and 8. John C. Breckinridge served as his vice-president. In 1819, as a young and successful lawyer, Buchanan fell in love with Anne Coleman, daughter of a Lancaster millionaire. Her parents disapproved. Because of rumors Anne broke the engagement. She died in December of that same year. Buchanan vowed never to marry. Called "Old Buck".

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for James Buchanan