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Significant Acts
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Supported the Lecompton Constitution, which would have admitted Kansas to the Union as a proslavery state, in 1857.
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Sent supplies by ship to federal troops at Fort Sumter in 1861, but Confederate fire prevented them from landing.
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Career
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1814 Fought in the War of 1812.
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1821-1831 Represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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1832-1833 Served as minister to Russia under President Andrew Jackson.
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1834-1845 Represented Pennsylvania in the U.S. Senate.
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1845-1849 Served as secretary of state under President James K. Polk.
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1853-1856 Served as minister to Great Britain under President Franklin Pierce.
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1857-1861 President of the United States.
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Did You Know
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Buchanan, a large robust man, reportedly took great pride in his tiny feet.
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James Buchanan was the first unmarried man to be elected president.
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By the time Buchanan's presidential term ended, seven states had seceded from the Union.
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