7. James Buchanan
James Buchan before he became President of United States, according to many historians including Jim Loewen, he had an affair and lived with former Vice President William Rufus King for many years. Buchanan, who served from 1857 to 1861, was very likely our first gay president. He is the only president to have remained a bachelor his whole life having his niece, Harriet Lane, handle First Lady duties. As mentioned he shared a home with William Rufus King, an Alabama Senator and VP under Franklin Pierce. Their relationship was reportedly so close that people called them the incredibly enlightened nicknames: “Miss Nancy” and “Aunt Fancy”. There are also clues in Buchanan’s letters describing his wooing gentleman and distaste for romances with women.
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