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The Buchanan side of his family arrived in the United States from Scotland. His paternal grandfather was a general with the Maryland Militia during the Revolutionary War while his maternal grandfather Thomas McKean was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Captain Franklin Buchanan, USN (circa 1855–1861)
Benjamin Franklin Buchanan (October 4, 1857 – February 21, 1932) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 21st Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 1918 to 1922. Early life and education
Thomas Pierce (3rd great-grandfather) Norwich, England → Massachusetts Bay Colony (c.1634) [18] 15 James Buchanan (1791–1868) James Buchanan Sr. Elizabeth Speer Yes: Yes: James Buchanan Sr. (father) Ramelton, Ireland → Pennsylvania (1783) [17] 16 Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) Thomas Lincoln. Nancy Hanks. Yes: Yes: Yes: Samuel Lincoln (4th ...
The Lindens, also known as the King Hooper House, is an historic three-story house located in the Sheridan-Kalorama neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It is the oldest house in Washington (although it was not originally built there) and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1969. [2]
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with Maryland to its north and east. It was named after George Washington, the first president of the United ...
John Preston Buchanan (January 30, 1888 – September 15, 1937) was an American politician who served as a member of the Virginia Senate, representing the state's 1st district. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Buchanan succeeded his father, Benjamin Franklin Buchanan , who would go on to become Lieutenant Governor of Virginia .
Public Law 95-260 was passed by Congress in 1978 to create a memorial to the signers of the Declaration of Independence. The memorial is a gift from the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration and consists of 56 stone blocks, each with a facsimile of the signer's actual signature, his occupation, and his home town.
"My great-grandfather had served under William Tecumseh Sherman throughout the war," Cheney said, "and it occurred to me as I was in the room as I walked in to talk to the President about becoming Secretary of Defense, I wondered what he would have thought that his great-grandson would someday be in the White House with the President talking ...