James Buchanan is the only U.S. president from the Susquehanna Valley. He was born and raised in Franklin County, and he lived in Lancaster for most of his adult life. Sign up for our Newsletters ...

Born: April 23, 1791, in Stony Batter, Pennsylvania... Buchanan presided over the dissolution of the Union. His faith that the legal system would resolve the slavery issue locked him into inaction.

CELEBRATING THE BIRTH OF JAMES BUCHANAN. AND THIS WAS A WREATH LAYING ... NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART TO COME OUT AND SUPPORT THIS, AS WELL AS BEING A RESIDENT OF LANCASTER CITY, ALL COMMEMORATING ...