Here's why historians believe he was also our first, and so far only, gay president. He also served as the secretary of state from 1845 to 1849 and represented pennsylvania in both houses of the u.s 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. There were just four united states presidents who were unmarried while in office Here's who they were, and how they came to head the nation alone.
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 Only trump has been married three times
The following year, buchanan negotiated a trade and maritime. 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 quite grasp the political realities of the time.
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