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 |