Ruler · 1791 – 1868

James Buchanan

Lived 1791 – 1868; statesperson, politician, diplomat. President of the United States (United States), 1857 – 1861.

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Lived: 1791 – 1868; 77 years
In office: 4 years; one reign
Lines: 1; United States
Left it: resigned; the ruler's own article

President of the United States

United States · the 16th of 48 dated reigns · 1789 – 2025

12 before

Zachary Taylor1849 – 1850

Millard Fillmore1850 – 1853

Franklin Pierce1853 – 1857

James Buchanan1857 – 1861

Abraham Lincoln1861 – 1865

Andrew Johnson1865 – 1869

Ulysses S. Grant1869 – 1877

29 after

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1857 – 1861 · 4 years · came to it aged 66

Left it: resignedread from the ruler's own article

As he had promised in his inaugural address, Buchanan did not seek re-election.

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