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{{President

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|image=James buchanan.jpg

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|seq=15

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|term_start=March 4, 1857

!colspan="2" align="center" style="color: white; font-size: 120%; height: 30px; background: purple no-repeat scroll top left;"|James Buchanan<br>

|term_end=March 4, 1861

|party=Democratic

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|vp=John C. Breckinridge

|previous=Franklin Pierce

|April 23, 1791

|next=Abraham Lincoln

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|birth_date=April 23, 1791

|June 1, 1868

|death_date=June 1, 1868 

|death_place=Lancaster, Pennsylvania

|spouse=None (Bachelor)

|1857-1861

|spouse2=

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|religion=Presbyterian

|'''Political party'''

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|Democratic

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|[[John C. Breckinridge]]

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|'''Preceded by'''

|[[Franklin Pierce]]

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|'''Succeeded by'''

|[[Abraham Lincoln]]

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'''James Buchanan''' was the 15th president of the United States, serving from 1857-1861.  He was born on April 23, 1791 in Cove Gap.  He was President during the unsuccessful raid on Harper's Ferry by [[John Brown]].  He left office shortly before the firing on Fort Sumter and [[Civil War]] started.  He died in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on June 1, 1868 at age 78. <ref> Encyclopedia of Presidents James Buchanan by Marlene Targ Brill, Children's Press, 1988. </ref>   

'''James Buchanan''' was the 15th president of the United States, serving from 1857-1861.  He was born on April 23, 1791 in Cove Gap.  He was President during the unsuccessful raid on Harper's Ferry by [[John Brown]].  He left office shortly before the firing on Fort Sumter and [[Civil War]] started.  He died in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on June 1, 1868 at age 78. <ref> Encyclopedia of Presidents James Buchanan by Marlene Targ Brill, Children's Press, 1988. </ref>