James M. Buchanan (diplomat)
| James Madison Buchanan | |
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| United States Minister to Denmark | |
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In office 1858–1861 |
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| President | James Buchanan |
| Preceded by | Henry Bedinger |
| Succeeded by | Bradford R. Wood |
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| Born | May 1803 Pikesville, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | August 23, 1876 (aged 73) Berkeley, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican, Democrat, Whig |
| Spouse(s) | Jane Ellen Carns |
James Madison Buchanan (May 1803 – August 23, 1876) was a Baltimore, Maryland jurist and diplomat.
James Madison Buchanan was born in Pikesville, Maryland in May 1803 (some sources indicate 1802). He was the son of William Buchanan (1748–1824) and Hephzibah (née Brown) Buchanan. During the American Revolutionary War, his father was a member of the committee of correspondence and was a registrar of wills for Baltimore county in 1778.
Through his father, he was a cousin of 15th President of the United States James Buchanan (1791–1868).
He attended Baltimore College and St. Mary's College of Baltimore, studied law with Hugh Davey Evans and Walter Dorsey, and became an attorney in Baltimore.
A Democratic-Republican, Buchanan served in the Maryland House of Delegates in 1826 & 1829. Later a Democrat, he campaigned for Andrew Jackson for President in 1824 and 1828, and attended numerous local and state party conventions as a Delegate.
In the 1830s, he joined the militia as an aide-de-camp to the Commander of the Baltimore City Guards. Buchanan became a Whig in the 1830s, but later returned to the Democratic party.
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