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The presidency of James Buchanan began on March 4, 1857, when James Buchanan was inaugurated as the 15th President of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1861.Buchanan, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, took office after defeating John C. Frémont of the Republican Party and former President Millard Fillmore of the American Party in the 1856 presidential election.
James Buchanan Jr. (/ b j uː ˈ k æ n ə n / bew-KAN-ən; [3] April 23, 1791 – June 1, 1868) was the 15th president of the United States, serving from 1857 to 1861. He also served as the secretary of state from 1845 to 1849 and represented Pennsylvania in both houses of the U.S. Congress .
The length of a full four-year term of office for a president of the United States usually amounts to 1,461 days (three common years of 365 days plus one leap year of 366 days). The listed number of days is calculated as the difference between dates , which counts the number of calendar days except the first day ( day zero ).
Democratic nominee James Buchanan defeated Republican nominee John C. Frémont and Know Nothing/Whig nominee Millard Fillmore. The main issue was the expansion of slavery as facilitated by the Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854. Buchanan defeated President Franklin Pierce at the 1856 Democratic National Convention for the nomination.
The presidency of William Henry Harrison, who died 31 days after taking office in 1841, was the shortest in American history. [9] Franklin D. Roosevelt served the longest, over twelve years, before dying early in his fourth term in 1945. He is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms. [10]
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter were married for 77 years, 135 days.) First president to live to 40+ year post-presidency, Carter left the White House in 1981 and lived another 43 years after being president, until 2024. [376] First president to live to the year when his official White House Christmas ornament was unveiled. [377]
The inauguration of James Buchanan as the 15th president of the United States was held on Wednesday, March 4, 1857, at the East Portico of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. This was the 18th inauguration and marked the commencement of the only four-year term of both James Buchanan as president and John C. Breckinridge as vice president.
First sitting senator elected to the presidency Pennsylvania: James Buchanan: 1834–1845 Tennessee: Andrew Jackson: 1797–1798 1823–1825 Andrew Johnson: 1857–1862 1875 Only former president in the Senate Texas: Lyndon B. Johnson: 1949–1961 Senate minority leader 1953–1955 Senate majority leader 1955–1961 Resigned to become vice ...