James Buchanan, the 15th President of the United States in my 9th cousin 8x removed. That ancestor who connects both of us together as relatives is Joan de Beaufort Plantagenet HRH Queen Consort, Princess of England of Scots (1404 – 1445), my 16th great grandmother.

James Buchanan Jr. was born on April 23, 1791 and died on June 1, 1868. He was the 15th president of the United States from 1857 to 1861, serving instantly prior to the American Civil War. He was a member of the Democratic Party and the 17th Secretary of State, and he had served in the Senate and House of Representatives before becoming president.

My genealogical chart revealed the ancestor who connected us as relatives:

James Buchanan Jr., 15th President of the United States (1791 – 1868)
9th cousin 8x removed

James Buchanan I (1761 – 1821)
Father of James Buchanan Jr., 15th President of the United States

John Buchanan (1725 – 1810)
Father of James Buchanan I

Thomas Buchanan (1685 – 1748)
Father of John Buchanan

George Buchanan (1648 – 1685)
Father of Thomas Buchanan

John 1662 Buchanan (1622 – 1662)
Father of George Buchanan

George Buchanan (1578 – )
Father of John 1662 Buchanan

Agnes Morton (1502 – )
Mother of George Buchanan

John Douglas Morton 2nd Earl of Morton (1466 – 1512)
Father of Agnes Morton

Princess Joan “The Dumb Lady of Dalkeith” the Mute (Countess of Morton) Stewart of Scotland (1428 – 1493)
Mother of John Douglas Morton 2nd Earl of Morton

Joan de Beaufort Plantagenet HRH Queen ConsortPrincess of Engl and of Scots (1404 – 1445)
Mother of Princess Joan “The Dumb Lady of Dalkeith” the Mute (Countess of Morton) Stewart of Scotland