President James Buchanan Timeline
Important Dates, World and National Events During His Lifetime |
1791 |
Born in Pennsylvania on April 23rd |
1820 |
Elected into the House of Representatives |
1831 |
Appointed as the minister to Russia |
1834 |
Elected to the U.S. Senate |
1845 |
Appointed Secretary of State |
1853 |
Appointed as the minister to Great Britain |
1856 |
Elected President of the United States |
1857 |
Inaugurated as the 15th President of the United States |
1858 |
Minnesota joined the Union |
1858 |
British Columbia became a British colony |
1858 |
The first Atlantic cable was laid between Newfoundland and Ireland |
1859 |
Construction began on the Suez Canal |
1859 |
Oregon joined the Union |
1860 |
The Pony Expresses was established and carried mail from Massachusetts to California |
1861 |
The Confederate States were organized |
1861 |
Kansas joined the Union |
1861 |
Colorado, Nevada, and the Dakotas are created as new U.S. Territories |
1861 |
U.S. population was 32,400,000 |
1868 |
Died in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on June 1st |