James L. Orr was the speaker for the 35th Congress ( 1857-59 ) and William Pennington was the speaker for the 36th Congress (1859-1861)
The White House.
James Polk was the House Speaker before he was President.
James Knox Polk is the only US President to have held that office.
James Buchanan
James K. Polk is the only president who was once the Speaker of the House before becoming President of the United States. A common misconception is that President Gerald Fordwas once the Speaker of House. He was not and, instead, was once the House Minority Leader.
Buchanan lived in Pennsylvania. He was the 15th president and the Secretary of State under President James Polk. He also served as minister to Russia and was in the House of Representatives and Senate. Before his presidency, Buchanan was an attorney.
Here is the whole life of James Buchanan. James Buchanan was born on April 23,1791 in a log cabin. He is the only president to never be married. In 1857 Buchanan became the 15th president of the United States. In 1861 he left the White House and Abraham Lincoln became president. James Buchanan died on June 1,1868 when he was 77 years old.
James K. Polk was only House speaker who became US President. Polk was house speaker several years before he was elected President. (Gerald Ford was the minority leader of the House when he was appointed vice-president. He then became President when President Nixon resigned his office. )
No US President has gone on to become Speaker after their presidency. The closest thing to that was when former President Taft was made the Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court in 1921. The only Speaker of the House to become President was James K. Polk. President Gerald Ford, when nominated to become Vice President in 1973, was serving as the House Minority Leader. Lyndon Johnson, when elected Vice President, was the Senate Majority Leader.
He got elected to the House Of Representatives five times
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Buchanan was engaged to Anne C. Coleman, of Lancaster , PA. She broke off the engagement and died not long afterward from a possible suicide. Her father would not let James attend her funeral.