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Trivia: James Buchanan

09:32 AM CDT on Monday, April 23, 2007

By TODD DAVIS / Staff writer

On April 23, 1791, James Buchanan was born. How much do you know about the 15th U.S. president?

1. Buchanan is the only U.S. president born in which of these original 13 colonies?
Georgia
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
Maryland

2. Which of the following offices did Buchanan not hold before he was elected president?
Governor
U.S. Senator
U.S. Representative
Secretary of State

3. The Democratic Party chose Buchanan as its nominee for the 1856 presidential election instead of the sitting president, who was also a Democrat. Who was the 14th president who didn't get his party's endorsement?
Millard Fillmore
James K. Polk
Franklin Pierce
John Tyler

4. The future of the Kansas territory was a major problem during Buchanan's presidency. What did Buchanan want to do with Kansas?
Admit it as a slave state
Admit it as a free state
Keep it as a territory
Divide it into slave counties and free counties.

5. Buchanan is the only president never to have done which of the following?
Served in the military
Married
Fathered children
Run for re-election

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