Picture
James Buchanan
-
James Buchanan
First president born in Pennsylvania.
First president to serve in the military and not become an officer during their service. (Buchanan served as a private in the War of 1812 during the Battle of Baltimore, to date the first and only president to have only served in a non-officer capacity)
First president to be a bachelor. (Buchanan was actually engaged to his girlfriend Anne Caroline Calman, whom he met in Lancaster, but she broke off the engagement after hearing some rumours about him, and died soon after. This incident devastated Buchanan very much, and he vowed never to marry in his lifetime. He still remains the only bachelor to have served as the president. His niece, Harriet Lane served as the first lady during his term.)
