James Buchanan enters the United States Senate

James Buchanan enters the United States Senate representing Pennsylvania as a member of the Democratic Party. He had earlier run for Senate but lost. (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
Legal/Political
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