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James Buchanan

President number
15th
In office
1857–1861
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3 biggest achievements

  1. Admitted Minnesota, Oregon and Kansas as states
  2. As Secretary of State, helped settle the Oregon boundary
  3. Exchanged the first transatlantic telegraph messages with Queen Victoria in 1858
Nickname
Old Buck
Born in
Pennsylvania

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    Sources: Wikipedia: List of nicknames of presidents of the United States; Wikipedia: List of presidents of the United States by home state; Drafted from standard histories. Not yet checked against a cited source.