President who remained a bachelor throughout his life Buchanan had a close relationship with william rufus de vane king, sparking speculation about his sexuality. 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 shortest marriage was theodore roosevelt and his first wife, alice, which ended after 3 years 110 days when she passed away from bright's disease shortly after the birth of their first child. 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. James buchanan, the 15th president of the united states, is a unique figure in american history for several reasons Not only was he the only president to be elected from pennsylvania, but he also holds the distinction of being the only president to never marry. Despite his significant contributions to the legal field, john marshall never served as president of the united states
