| Ancestors of Shawn & Jodie Caruso |
| President James Buchanan |
Buchanan was a ĞuğRepresentative _of_Representatives>Ğ/uğ and a ĞuğSenator Ğ/uğ from Pennsylvania. He was born in a Ğuğlog cabin Ğ/uğ at Cove Gap, near ĞuğMercersburg Ğ/uğ, ĞuğFranklin County, Pennsylvania Ğ/uğ, on ĞuğApril 23 Ğ/uğ, Ğuğ1791 Ğ/uğ, to James Buchanan and Elizabeth Spear as the second of ten children (two of whom did not survive past infancy). The Buchanan family are also direct descendents of ĞuğJames I Ğ/uğ, King of ĞuğScotland Ğ/uğ. He moved to Mercersburg with his parents in Ğuğ1799 Ğ/uğ, where he was privately tutored. He later attended the village academy and was graduated from ĞuğDickinson College Ğ/uğ, ĞuğCarlisle, Pennsylvania Ğ/uğ. In 1809, he moved to ĞuğLancaster, Pennsylvania Ğ/uğ. The same year he studied law and was admitted to the Ğuğbar Ğ/uğ in Ğuğ1812 Ğ/uğ and practiced in Lancaster. He was one of the first volunteers in the ĞuğWar of 1812 Ğ/uğ and served in the defense of ĞuğBaltimore, Maryland Ğ/uğ. He was a ĞuğFederalist Party Ğ/uğ member of the ĞuğPennsylvania House of Representatives Ğ/uğ from Ğuğ1814 Ğ/uğ to Ğuğ1815 Ğ/uğ. He was elected to the Seventeenth and to the four succeeding Congresses (ĞuğMarch 4 Ğ/uğ, Ğuğ1821 Ğ/uğ - ĞuğMarch 3 Ğ/uğ, Ğuğ1831 Ğ/uğ). He was chairman of the ĞuğU.S. House Committee on the Judiciary Ğ/uğ (Twenty-first Congress). He was not a candidate for renomination in Ğuğ1830 Ğ/uğ. Buchanan served as one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1830 to conduct the Ğuğimpeachment Ğ/uğ proceedings against ĞuğJames H. Peck Ğ/uğ, judge of the ĞuğUnited States District Court Ğ/uğ for the District of ĞuğMissouri Ğ/uğ. Buchanan served as minister to ĞuğRussia Ğ/uğ from Ğuğ1832 Ğ/uğ to Ğuğ1834 Ğ/uğ. Buchanan was elected as a ĞuğDemocrat Ğ/uğ to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of ĞuğWilliam Wilkins Ğ/uğ. He served from ĞuğDecember 6 Ğ/uğ, Ğuğ1834 Ğ/uğ, was reelected in Ğuğ1837 Ğ/uğ and Ğuğ1843 Ğ/uğ, and resigned on ĞuğMarch 5 Ğ/uğ, Ğuğ1845 Ğ/uğ, to accept a Cabinet portfolio. He was chairman of the ĞuğCommittee on Foreign Relations Ğ/uğ (Twenty-fourth through Twenty-sixth Congresses). Buchanan served as ĞuğSecretary of State Ğ/uğ in the Cabinet of President ĞuğJames K. Polk Ğ/uğ from Ğuğ1845 Ğ/uğ to Ğuğ1849 Ğ/uğ, during which he negotiated the Ğuğ1846 Ğ/uğ ĞuğOregon Treaty Ğ/uğ establishing the Ğuğ49th parallel Ğ/uğ as the northern boundary in the western U.S. No Secretary of State has become President since James Buchanan. In Ğuğ1853 Ğ/uğ, Buchanan was named president o f the Board of Trustees of ĞuğFranklin and Marshall College Ğ/uğ in his hometown of ĞuğLancaster Ğ/uğ. He served in this capacity until Ğuğ1865 Ğ/uğ. He served as minister to the ĞuğUnited Kingdom Ğ/uğ from Ğuğ1853 Ğ/uğ to Ğuğ1856 Ğ/uğ, during which time he helped to draft the ĞuğOstend Manifesto Ğ/uğ, which proposed the purchase of ĞuğCuba Ğ/uğ under the threat of force. An active ĞuğFreemason Ğ/uğ during his lif etime, he was master of a ĞuğMasonic Ğ/uğ Lodge in Lancaster and a District Deputy ĞuğGrand Master Ğ/uğ of the ĞuğGrand Lodge of Pennsylvania Ğ/uğ. Three counties are named in his honor: ĞuğBuchanan County < /wiki/Buchanan_County>Ğ/uğ in ĞuğIowa Ğ/uğ, ĞuğMissouri Ğ/uğ, and ĞuğVirginia Ğ/uğ |
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