James buchanan 15th president

It was during the increasing anger and resurfacing of the previously settled issues by the Compromise of that James Buchanan Jr. He is currently the only president who never married and came from the state of Pennsylvania; and the last American president whose date of birth was from the 18th century. James Buchanan came from a Scottish and Irish lineage and a family of merchants settling in the state of Pennsylvania.

He was born on the 23rd of April, with parents James Buchanan Sr. The second of the eleven Buchanan children, James, was destined by his parents to have better opportunities than other people. After moving to Mercesburg, a town located at the southern portion of Pennsylvania, he was sent to a local school to learn basic skills.

The achievements of his father in terms of managing businesses and the growing interest of Madame Speer to higher education pushed James to study at Dickinson College even if it was located miles away from their home. As a young boy, James Buchanan, showed promise to be a brilliant student but his inappropriate behavior and poor self discipline almost got him expelled from Dickinson College twice.

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He pleaded and was given another chance to make amends resulting in his graduating with honors in September, He decided to embark on a law career and moved to Lancaster a year after college graduation. He was planning on practicing his law career but the War of broke out. Men from different walks of life were recruited to put up a fight, but James Buchanan tried to avoid getting involved with it because he found the issue not really worth fighting for.