Washington, George 1789-97
Adams, John 1797-1801
Jefferson, Thomas 1801-09
Madison, James 1809-17
Monroe, James 1817-25
Adams, John Quincy 1825-29
Jackson, Andrew 1829-37
Van Buren, Martin 1837-41
Harrison, William Henry 1841
Tyler, John 1841-45
Polk, James 1845-49
Taylor, Zachary 1849-50
Fillmore, Millard 1850-53
Pierce, Franklin 1853-57
Buchanan, James 1857-61
Franklin Pierce.
James Buchanan (born April 23, 1791 in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, died June 1, 1868 at Wheatland in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) was the fifteenth President of the United States, and served a single term from March 4, 1857 to March 4, 1861.
His predecessor in the post was Franklin Pierce (born November 23, 1804 in Hillsborough, New Hampshire, died October 8, 1869 in Concord, New Hampshire), who served from March 4, 1853 to March 4, 1857.
James Buchanan (born April 23, 1791 in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, died June 1, 1868 at Wheatland in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) was the fifteenth President of the United States, and served a single term from March 4, 1857 to March 4, 1861.
His predecessor in the post was Franklin Pierce (born November 23, 1804 in Hillsborough, New Hampshire, died October 8, 1869 in Concord, New Hampshire), who served from March 4, 1853 to March 4, 1857.
James Buchanan, the 15th President of the U.S., was the president before the American Civil War. Abraham Lincoln was president during the war.
Thomas Jefferson was the third president, so the president before him was John Adams, the second president.
John Adams
James Buchanan was the president before Abraham Lincoln. James Buchanan was the fifteenth president of the United States (Lincoln being the sixteenth).
James Buchanan, Jr.
James Buchanan was the president before Lincoln.
Franklin Pierce was president in 1856, but James Buchanan won the election of 1856 and was the president before Lincoln.
The predecessor to Abraham Lincoln was President James Buchanan.
Abraham Lincoln was a lawyer before he became president.
Before being elected to the office of President, Abraham Lincoln served in both the state and national House of Representatives. Prior to his career in politics, Lincoln had success in banking and commerce.
Abraham Lincoln was a shopkeeper and lawyer.
Abraham Lincoln received national attention when he was elected President of the United States and began serving in that role in March 1861. He would have been known before then but not by everyone.
Abraham Lincoln suffered from depression from time to time. There was a period before he ran for President when he had trouble living a normal life.
Abraham Lincoln had trained himself to work as a lawyer.
Lincoln had a successful law practice in Springfield, IL when he was elected president.
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Abraham Lincoln was dead in 1960, since had been shot in the head about 100 years before that. John F. Kennedy was elected in 1960.
Led by South Carolina, seven Southern states seceded from the union after Lincoln was elected and before he took office.
Abraham Lincoln had all 4 of his children, before becoming President. (Robert born in 1843, Eddy born in 1846, and Willie born in 1850, and Tad born in 1853.) Eddy had died in 1850, before Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
Ulysses S. Grant After Abraham Lincoln won in 1860 and 1864, Ulysses S. Grant won in 1868 and 1872. However, although never elected President, Andrew Johnson was U. S. President after Lincoln and before Grant (1865-1869).
Lincoln was living in Springfield, Illinois before he was elected to be the next US President. In Washington DC, Lincoln lived at the White House.
Abraham Lincoln was a lawyer before he became president.
The President before Abraham Lincoln was James Buchanan.
Before Johnson was Abraham Lincoln. Johnson was Lincoln's vice-president.
Abraham Lincoln was reelected to a second term, which started the month before the end of the war.