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President Buchanan
President James Buchanan
Library of Congress LC-USZ62-96357

 · U. S. PRESIDENT (15th) - James Buchanan (1791-1868)
served 1857-1861; Democrat, born in Pennsylvania, elected from Pennsylvania; never married.

· U. S. VICE PRESIDENT - John C. Breckinridge
Democrat, elected from Kentucky; was involved in the split of the Democrats during the 1860 presidential elections when the southern faction withdrew their support for Stephen Douglas and chose Breckinridge.

· 33 STATES IN THE UNION

    - admitted since 1845:
    · Florida (1845)
    · Texas (1845)
    · Iowa (1846)
    · Wisconsin (1848)
    · California (1850)
    · Minnesota (1858)
    · Oregon (1859)
(Kansas is added in early 1861; West Virginia and Nevada are added during the war.) 

 
The 33-star flag became the Official United States Flag on July 4, 1859 following the February 14, 1859 admission of Oregon.