James Buchanan

Early Life and Family

Did he ever marry?

No, Buchanan is the only president in U.S. history to never marry. He was engaged to Anne Coleman, who was the daughter of a millionaire who owned a prosperous iron mine. The engagement broke off in 1819 and a short time later Coleman died. Some have speculated that she killed herself.



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