Thursday, September 14, 2006

 

Presidential Pointless Shit

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"A bachelor man who
never got him any"
You know him, you love him, you can't live without him - He's James Buchanan, fifteenth President of the United States. And to quote The Fidgets most excellent song, "He was a bachelor man and never got him any...." If you look a little more into it, you know, on a reputable source like Wikipedia, you find out that he just may have been gay:

...In 1819, Buchanan was engaged to Ann Caroline Coleman, the daughter of a wealthy iron manufacturer. However, she abruptly broke off their engagement and died from an overdose of laudanum several days later. After his fiancée’s death, Buchanan vowed he would never marry. He lived with Alabama Senator and former Vice President of the United States William Rufus King for sixteen years in Washington, D.C., but King died four years before Buchanan became president. Rumors and speculation circulated that the two had a homosexual relationship, with references to Buchanan's "wife" and "better half," and former President Andrew Jackson referred to King as "Miss Nancy."...


It must be true, it's on the internet. Continuing on with more stuff your really didn't need to know about James Buchanan.













































































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OFFICENAMETERM
PresidentJames Buchanan1857–1861
Vice PresidentJohn C. Breckinridge1857–1861
Secretary of StateLewis Cass1857–1860
 Jeremiah S. Black1860–1861
Secretary of the TreasuryHowell Cobb1857–1860
 Philip Thomas1860–1861
 John A. Dix1861
Secretary of WarJohn B. Floyd1857–1861
 Joseph Holt1861
Attorney GeneralJeremiah S. Black1857–1860
 Edwin M. Stanton1860–1861
Postmaster GeneralAaron V. Brown1857–1859
 Joseph Holt1859–1861
 1861
Secretary of the NavyIsaac Toucey1857–1861
Secretary of the InteriorJacob Thompson1857–1861




Table stolen directly from Wikipedia.

I'll try to be a little more pointless next week.

BOJ

# posted by Blind Orange Julius @ 1:02 AM
Comments:
Wikipedia rules!!!

And it probably wasn't pointless as far as Bachelor James and "Wife Nancy" were concerned. Hey, Bachelor James and Wife Nancy would be an excellent as well as obscure name for a rock band!
# posted by Anonymous Anonymous : 4:14 PM
 
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