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was born in April 23, 1791 in a cabin in Cove Gap, Pennsylvania. James father came to America as a Scotch-Irish in 1783. At the age of six his family moved to Mercersberg PA. where his father would open a general store . James was the second of eleven in his family. James was able to go to school where he lived but when h ....

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.... lawyer. He made more than 11,000 a year. James became a canidate for the Pennsylavania legislature in 1814. But the war of 1812 was growing fast. The British Had just burned down Washingto D.C. James volunteered to serve his country so he joined a calvary company. Buchanan returned for the election and won a seat in legislature in 1814. He served another term and returnd to Lancaster. James Buchanan became a popular person in Lancaster and was invited to many partys and dinners. At one party he met a ....