James Buchanan State of Residency: Pennsylvania Appointment: Mar 6, 1845 Entry on Duty: Mar 10, 1845 Termination of Appointment: Mar 7, 1849 Presidency: Polk

As Secretary of State:

• Negotiated and signed the Oregon Treaty of 1846 with Great Britain

• Directed the negotiation of the treaty of Guadalupe Hildago of 1848 with Mexico

• Sought unsuccessfully to purchase Cuba from Spain

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Born: April 23, 1791
Died: June 1, 1868
Married:never married
Education: Dickinson College
Occupation: Lawyer

Government Positions: 

• Served in the defense of Baltimore in the War of 1812

• Member of Pennsylvania House of Representatives 1814-1816

• Representative from Pennsylvania 1821-1831

• Minister to Russia 1832-1833

• Senator from Pennsylvania 1834-1845

• Minister to Great Britain 1853-1856

• One of the three United States Ministers who drew uo the "Ostend Manifesto" of 1854

• President of the United States 1857-1861

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