Saturday, February 19, 2022

46 Fascinating Facts About Our 46 Presidents-- Part 3: Polk to Buchanan

11.  JAMES K. POLK (1845-1849)

During his term, Polk secretly purchased  a number of enslaved children for his Mississippi cotton  plantation.

12.  ZACHARY TAYLOR (1849-1850)

"Old Rough and Ready" never voted in an election prior to being put on the ballot himself.

13.  MILLARD FILLMORE  (1850-1853)

He was the last Whig president; the party imploded after he left office.

14.  FRANKLIN PIERCE  (1853-1857)

The only [president from New Hampshire also attended college in New England -- Bowdoin College  in Brunswick, Maine.

15.  JAMES BUCHANAN (1857-1861)

In 1853, while serving as minister to Great Britain, he helped draft the 1854 Ostend Manifesto, which advocated for an American invasion of Cuba.

--CootPres


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