James Buchanan was a lawyer whose gift for oratory led him to politics. He served in the Pennsylvania legislature (1814–16), the U.S. House of Representatives (1821–31), and the U.S. Senate (1834–45). He also served in the presidential administrations of Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, and Franklin Pierce before becoming president himself in 1857.
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