James Buchanan Official Bio

James Buchanan

James Buchanan Jr. was an American lawyer, diplomat, and politician who served as the 15th president of the United States from 1857 to 1861. He previously served as secretary of state from 1845 to 1849 and represented Pennsylvania in both houses of the U.S. Congress. Wikipedia*

On the C-SPAN Networks:
James Buchanan has one video in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1999 Vignette.

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Previously

U.S. President, United States c. March 4, 1857 - c. March 4, 1861 Videos: 1 U.S. Senator, D-PA September 4, 1837 - March 3, 1847 Videos: 0 U.S. Senator, Jackson-PA December 2, 1833 - September 4, 1837 Videos: 0 U.S. Representative, Jackson-PA 4th December 5, 1825 - March 4, 1831 Videos: 0 U.S. Representative, Jackson Federalist-PA 4th March 4, 1823 - December 5, 1825 Videos: 0 U.S. Representative, Federalist-PA 3rd March 4, 1821 - March 4, 1823 Videos: 0

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* The first paragraph of this page uses material from the Wikipedia article 'James Buchanan', which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. Footnotes and parentheticals have been removed.