James Buchanan Jr. was born on April 23, 1791 in a log cabin at Cove Gap, near Mercersburg, in what is now James Buchanan Birthplace State Park. Franklin County, Pennsylvania to James Buchanan, Sr. (1761-1833), and Elizabeth Speer (1767-1833). He was the second of eleven children, three of whom died in infancy. Buchanan had six sisters and four brothers.
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