He lived there with his niece Harriet Lane, nephew James Buchanan "Buck" Henry, and family housekeeper Esther "Hetty" Parker.1852-1866 | He served as president of the Franklin & Marshall College ...

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.