James Buchanan is elected President

Democrat James Buchanan was elected the fifteenth President of the United States. (By Joanne Williams) 
Source Citation
Dickinson College Archives and Special Collections, “Timeline,” James Buchanan Resource Center, 2004, http://deila.dickinson.edu/buchanan/timeline/1791_1809.htm
Date Certainty
Exact
Type
Campaigns/Elections
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