The nation's 15th president is the nation's only bachelor president. He also served as the secretary of state from 1845 to 1849 and represented pennsylvania in both houses of the u.s Buchanan was an advocate for states' rights, particularly regarding slavery, and minimized the role of the. 6 were unmarried when they took office Cleveland took a wife while he was president Jefferson, jackson, van buren and chester arthur were widowers when they became president and never remarried
Tyler, benjamin harrison and wilson lost their wives while they were president. The average length of the presidents' marriages is 33 years James buchanan is the only president to never have been married Nixon 's wife, pat, died the day after their 53rd wedding anniversary Only reagan and trump have been divorced Seven presidents have been married twice
Tall, stiffly formal in the high stock he wore around his jowls, james buchanan was the only president who never married Presiding over a rapidly dividing nation, buchanan did not. Buchanan is the only u.s However, the wedding was called off. His gift for oratory led him to politics Buchanan never married and remains the only bachelor president
In 1819, when he was 28 years old, he became engaged to anne c Coleman, the daughter of a wealthy pennsylvania family He broke off the engagement for an undisclosed reason, and shortly afterward coleman died, possibly a suicide.
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