James Buchanan was expelled from Dickinson College, but permitted to return after pledging good behavior to his parents' minister and college trustee, Dr. John King. (By Dickinson College Archives & Special Collections)
Source Citation
John Osborne and James W. Gerencser, eds., “James Buchanan,” Dickinson Chronicles, http://chronicles.dickinson.edu/encyclo/b/ed_BuchananJ.html.
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