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James Buchanan

For the economist of this name, see James M. Buchanan.

James Buchanan (April 23, 1791 – June 1, 1868) was the 15th President of the United States (1857-1861). He was the only bachelor President, and the only resident of Pennsylvania to hold that office. He has been criticized for failing to prevent the country from sliding into schism and the American Civil War and as a result, he is widely considered, together with his predecessor Franklin Pierce, to be one of the worst presidents in U.S. history.

Biography

Buchanan was a Representative and a Senator from Pennsylvania. He was born in a log cabin at Cove Gap, near Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, on April 23, 1791 to James Buchanan and Elizabeth Spear. He moved to Mercersburg with his parents in 1799, was privately tutored and then attended the village academy and was graduated from Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. In 1809 he moved to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The same year he studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1812 and practiced in Lancaster. He was one of the first volunteers in the War of 1812 and served in the defense of Baltimore, Maryland. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1814 to 1815. He was elected to the Seventeenth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1821 - March 3, 1831). He was chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary (Twenty-first Congress). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1830. Buchanan served as one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1830 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against James H. Peck, judge of the United States District Court for the District of Missouri. Buchanan served as Minister to Russia from 1832 to 1834.

Buchanan was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William Wilkins. He served from December 6, 1834; was reelected in 1837 and 1843, and resigned on March 5, 1845, to accept a Cabinet portfolio. He was chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations (Twenty-fourth through Twenty-sixth Congresses).

Buchanan served as Secretary of State in the Cabinet of President James K. Polk from 1845 to 1849, during which he negotiated the 1846 Oregon Treaty establishing the 49th parallel as the northern boundary in the western U.S. No Secretary of State has become President since James Buchanan.

In 1853, Buchanan was named president of the Board of Trustees of Franklin and Marshall College in his hometown of Lancaster. He served in this capacity until 1865.

He served as Minister to the United Kingdom from 1853 to 1856, during which time he help to draft the Ostend Manifesto which proposed the purchase of Cuba under the threat of force.

Questions About Buchanan's Sexual Orientation

In 1819 Buchanan was engaged to Ann Caroline Coleman, the daughter of wealthy iron manufacturer. However she abruptly broke off their engagement and died of mysterious causes several days later. After his fiancee's death Buchanan vowed he would never marry. He would live with Alabama senator William Rufus King for sixteen years in Washington, D.C., but King died four years before Buchanan became president. Rumors and speculation circulated that the two had a homosexual relationship, with references to Buchanan's "wife" and "better half", even President Andrew Jackson referred to King as "Miss Nancy". The difficulty in determining if someone was a homosexual, especially in the mid-1800s, means Buchanan's sexual orientation remains uncertain.

Presidency

Buchanan was elected as a Democratic President of the United States in 1856 and served from March 4, 1857 to March 4, 1861.

In his inaugural address, besides promising not to run again, Buchanan referred to the territorial question as "happily, a matter of but little practical importance" since the Supreme Court was about to settle it "speedily and finally."

Two days later Chief Justice Roger B. Taney delivered the Dred Scott Decision, asserting that Congress had no constitutional power to exclude slavery in the territories. Much of Taney’s written judgment is widely interpreted as dicta — statements made by a judge that are unnecessary to the outcome of the case, which in this case, while they delighted Southerners, created a furor in the North. Buchanan was widely believed to have been personally involved in the outcome of the case, with many Northerners recalling Taney whispering to Buchanan during Buchanan's inauguration. Buchanan wished to see the territorial question resolved by the Supreme Court. To further this, Buchanan personally lobbied his fellow Pennsylvanian Justice Robert Cooper Grier to vote with the majority in that case to uphold the right of slave property.

Buchanan, however, faced further hardship on the territorial question. Buchanan threw the full prestige of his administration behind congressional approval of the Lecompton Constitution in Kansas, which would have admitted Kansas as a slave state, going so far as to offer patronage appointments and even cash bribes in exchange for votes. The Lecompton government was wildly unpopular to Northerners, as it was dominated by slaveholders who had enacted laws curtailing the rights of non-slaveholders. Even though the voters in Kansas had rejected the Lecompton Constitution, Buchanan managed to ram his bill through the House, but it was blocked in the Senate by Northerners led by Stephen A. Douglas. Eventually, Congress voted to call a new vote on the Lecompton Constitution, a move which infuriated Southerners. Buchanan, meanwhile, was by now tremendously unpopular in the North.

Economic troubles also plagued Buchanan's administration with the outbreak of the Panic of 1857. The government suddenly faced a shortfall of revenue, due in part to the Democrats' successful push to lower the tariff. Buchanan's administration, at the behest of Treasury Secretary Howell Cobb, began issuing deficit financing for the government, a move which flew in the face of two decades of Democratic support for hard-money policies and allowed Republicans to attack Buchanan for financial mismanagement.

When Republicans won a plurality in the House in 1858, every significant bill they passed fell before southern votes in the Senate or a Presidential veto. The Federal Government reached a stalemate. Bitter hostility between Northern and Southern members prevailed on the floor of Congress, where memories of the caning of Charles Sumner in 1856 by a Southern Democrat still burned.

Sectional strife rose to such a pitch in 1860 that the Democratic Party split. The southern wing walked out of the convention and nominated its own candidate for the presidency, incumbent vice-president John C. Breckinridge, whom Buchanan refused to support. Consequently, when the Republicans nominated Abraham Lincoln, it was a foregone conclusion that he would be elected even though his name appeared on no southern ballot. Rather than accept a Republican administration, the southern "Fire-Eaters" advocated secession.

President Buchanan, dismayed and hesitant, denied the legal right of states to secede but held that the Federal Government legally could not prevent them. He hoped for compromise, but secessionist leaders did not want it.

Then Buchanan took a more militant tack. As several Cabinet members resigned, he appointed Northerners, and chartered the civilian steamer Star of the West to secretly carry reinforcements and supplies to Fort Sumter. However, the attempt to maintain secrecy failed. Newspapers published stories that the ship was headed for Charleston, and South Carolina officials received confirmation from Louis T. Wigfall, still a United States senator from Texas, as well as from Buchanan's Secretary of the Interior, Jacob Thompson of Mississippi. In the early morning of January 9, 1861, South Carolina's batteries opened on the Star of the West. The unarmed ship was caught in a crossfire. Receiving no assistance from Fort Sumter, it turned back to New York after suffering minor damage. As a result of the operation, Thompson resigned from the cabinet.

As such, the first shots of the American Civil War were fired during the Buchanan Administration. Before he left office, seven slave states seceded, several seizing other federal forts and property within their boundaries.

Buchanan retired to his home "Wheatland," near Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he died June 1, 1868, at the age of 77. He was interred in Woodward Hill Cemetery, in Lancaster. "Wheatland" should not be confused with the Wheatland musical organization.

Cabinet

Supreme Court appointments

Buchanan appointed the following Justice to the Supreme Court of the United States:

Nathan Clifford - 1858

States admitted to the Union

Minnesota – May 11, 1858
Oregon – February 14, 1859
Kansas – January 29, 1861

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Buchanan appointed the following Justice to the Supreme Court of the United States:. In 2003, Cheney's death was incorrectly announced by CNN when his pre-written obituary (along with those of several other famous figures) was inadvertently published on CNN's web site due to a lapse in password protection.
. Sportsbooks.com, the world's largest online bookmaking site, reported that the odds of a "President Cheney" in 2008 rose from 100:1 in May 2005 to 20:1 in August 2005. "Wheatland" should not be confused with the Wheatland musical organization. Fred Barnes of FoxNews, Lawrence Kudlow of CNBC, and Tod Lindberg of the Washington Times have also expressed a belief that Cheney will eventually decide to run for President in 2008. He was interred in Woodward Hill Cemetery, in Lancaster. [14] He joins former House Speaker Newt Gingrich who expressed his confidence in a Cheney run during a January 2, 2005 interview on C-SPAN's Afterwords.

Buchanan retired to his home "Wheatland," near Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he died June 1, 1868, at the age of 77. On August 9, 2005, famed Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward went on record saying he believed it was "highly likely" that Cheney would seek the White House after Bush's second term expires. Before he left office, seven slave states seceded, several seizing other federal forts and property within their boundaries. However, several political pundits and Washington insiders have publicly expressed the opinion that Cheney will decide to run for President in 2008. As such, the first shots of the American Civil War were fired during the Buchanan Administration. I'm going to serve this president for the next four years, and then I'm out of here." Such a categorical rejection of a candidacy is often referred to as a "Sherman Statement" for Civil War general William Tecumseh Sherman after his dismissal of presidential considerations in 1884. As a result of the operation, Thompson resigned from the cabinet. 'If nominated, I will not run,' 'If elected, I will not serve,' or not only no, but 'Hell no,' I've got my plans laid out.

Receiving no assistance from Fort Sumter, it turned back to New York after suffering minor damage. In 2004, he reaffirmed this position strongly on Fox News Sunday, saying, "I will say just as hard as I possibly know how to say.. The unarmed ship was caught in a crossfire. Since 2001, when asked if he is interested in the Republican presidential nomination, Cheney has said he wishes to retire to private life after his term as Vice President expires. In the early morning of January 9, 1861, South Carolina's batteries opened on the Star of the West.
. Wigfall, still a United States senator from Texas, as well as from Buchanan's Secretary of the Interior, Jacob Thompson of Mississippi. Senate’s annual photo session in late June 2004 [13].

Newspapers published stories that the ship was headed for Charleston, and South Carolina officials received confirmation from Louis T. Senators that led to the infamous Cheney remarks when he said, "go Fuck yourself" to Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy (Democrat) during the U.S. However, the attempt to maintain secrecy failed. It was criticism to this contract by a number of U.S. As several Cabinet members resigned, he appointed Northerners, and chartered the civilian steamer Star of the West to secretly carry reinforcements and supplies to Fort Sumter. In the rebuilding of Iraq, Halliburton was granted a $7 billion no-bid contract. Then Buchanan took a more militant tack. Cheney's net worth, estimated to be between $30 million and $100 million, is largely derived from his post at Halliburton.

He hoped for compromise, but secessionist leaders did not want it. Upon his nomination as a Vice Presidential candidate, Cheney purchased an insurance policy that would guarantee his deferred payments regardless of the company's performance, removing any conflict of interest. President Buchanan, dismayed and hesitant, denied the legal right of states to secede but held that the Federal Government legally could not prevent them. Office of Government Ethics showed he received $162,392 in 2002 and $205,298 in 2001. Rather than accept a Republican administration, the southern "Fire-Eaters" advocated secession. As part of his deferred compensation agreements with Halliburton contractually arranged prior to Cheney becoming Vice President, Cheney's public financial disclosure sheets filed with the U.S. Consequently, when the Republicans nominated Abraham Lincoln, it was a foregone conclusion that he would be elected even though his name appeared on no southern ballot. Cheney resigned as CEO of Halliburton on July 25, 2000, and put all of his corporate shares into a blind trust, except 433,333 stock options worth about $8 million transferred to a charitable trust.

Breckinridge, whom Buchanan refused to support. Opponents however accuse him of supporting decisions that indirectly subsidize the oil industry and major government contractors, and hold that Cheney strongly influenced the decision to use military force in Iraq. The southern wing walked out of the convention and nominated its own candidate for the presidency, incumbent vice-president John C. Both supporters and opponents of Cheney point to his reputation as a very shrewd and knowledgeable businessman and politician who knows the functions and runnings of the federal government. Sectional strife rose to such a pitch in 1860 that the Democratic Party split. Cheney acted as President from 10:09 UTC that day until Bush resumed control at 13:24 UTC. Bitter hostility between Northern and Southern members prevailed on the floor of Congress, where memories of the caning of Charles Sumner in 1856 by a Southern Democrat still burned. On the morning of June 29, 2002, Cheney became only the second man in history to serve as Acting President of the United States under the terms of the 25th Amendment to the Constitution, while President Bush was undergoing a colonoscopy.

The Federal Government reached a stalemate. For a period Cheney was not seen in public, remaining in an undisclosed location and communicating with the White House via secure video phones. When Republicans won a plurality in the House in 1858, every significant bill they passed fell before southern votes in the Senate or a Presidential veto. Following the uncertainty immediately after the events of September 11, 2001, Cheney and President Bush were kept in physically distant locations for security reasons. Buchanan's administration, at the behest of Treasury Secretary Howell Cobb, began issuing deficit financing for the government, a move which flew in the face of two decades of Democratic support for hard-money policies and allowed Republicans to attack Buchanan for financial mismanagement. Others point out that the report contains no such recommendation. The government suddenly faced a shortfall of revenue, due in part to the Democrats' successful push to lower the tariff. consumption of oil.

Economic troubles also plagued Buchanan's administration with the outbreak of the Panic of 1857. Critics focus on the eighth chapter, "Strengthening Global Alliances," claiming that this chapter urges military actions to remove strategic, political, and economic obstacles to increased U.S. Buchanan, meanwhile, was by now tremendously unpopular in the North. The NEPDG's report contains several chapters, covering topics such as environmental protection, energy efficiency, renewable energy, and energy security. Eventually, Congress voted to call a new vote on the Lecompton Constitution, a move which infuriated Southerners. The documents also included maps of oil deposits in Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and the United Arab Emirates. Douglas. The documents included information on companies that had made agreements with Saddam Hussein to develop Iraq's oil.

Even though the voters in Kansas had rejected the Lecompton Constitution, Buchanan managed to ram his bill through the House, but it was blocked in the Senate by Northerners led by Stephen A. In July 2003, the Supreme Court ordered the Department of Commerce to make the NEPDG's documents public. The Lecompton government was wildly unpopular to Northerners, as it was dominated by slaveholders who had enacted laws curtailing the rights of non-slaveholders. This group included several Enron executives who worked as team members despite the ongoing Enron scandal. Buchanan threw the full prestige of his administration behind congressional approval of the Lecompton Constitution in Kansas, which would have admitted Kansas as a slave state, going so far as to offer patronage appointments and even cash bribes in exchange for votes. Cheney directed the National Energy Policy Development Group (NEPDG)[12] commonly known as the Energy task force. Buchanan, however, faced further hardship on the territorial question. In his status as President of the Senate he has cast 6 (so far) tie-breaking votes, including deciding votes on concurring in the conference reports of the 2004 congressional budget and the Jobs and Growth Tax Reconciliation Act of 2003.

To further this, Buchanan personally lobbied his fellow Pennsylvanian Justice Robert Cooper Grier to vote with the majority in that case to uphold the right of slave property. Some, like Reagan's last Chief of Staff, Ken Duberstein, have likened him to a prime minister because of his powerful position inside the Bush Administration. Buchanan wished to see the territorial question resolved by the Supreme Court. He even got an office in the House of Representatives. Buchanan was widely believed to have been personally involved in the outcome of the case, with many Northerners recalling Taney whispering to Buchanan during Buchanan's inauguration. He is often described as the most active and powerful Vice President in recent years, moving the office out of its traditional figurehead role. Much of Taney’s written judgment is widely interpreted as dicta — statements made by a judge that are unnecessary to the outcome of the case, which in this case, while they delighted Southerners, created a furor in the North. Cheney quickly earned a reputation as a very "hands-on" Vice President, taking an active role in cabinet meetings and policy formation.

Taney delivered the Dred Scott Decision, asserting that Congress had no constitutional power to exclude slavery in the territories. Bush attempting to invalidate electoral votes from Texas under the provisions of the Twelfth amendment, but was rejected by a Federal district court in Texas. Two days later Chief Justice Roger B. A lawsuit was brought in Jones v. In his inaugural address, besides promising not to run again, Buchanan referred to the territorial question as "happily, a matter of but little practical importance" since the Supreme Court was about to settle it "speedily and finally.". In the 2000 presidential election, a question was raised by the Democrats as to Cheney's state of residency since he had been living in Texas. The Court was considering the legality of restricting slavery in the territories, and two justices hinted to Buchanan what the decision would be. After reviewing Cheney's findings, Bush surprised pundits by asking Cheney himself to join the Republican ticket.

In regard to the growing schism in the country, as President-elect he intended to sit out the crisis by maintaining a sectional balance in his appointments and persuading the people to accept constitutional law as the Supreme Court interpreted it. Bush's Vice-Presidential search committee. Buchanan was elected as a Democratic President of the United States in 1856 and served from March 4, 1857 to March 4, 1861. In the spring of 2000, while serving as Halliburton's CEO, he headed George W. The difficulty in determining if someone was a homosexual, especially in the mid-1800s, means Buchanan's sexual orientation remains uncertain. In 1997, he, along with Donald Rumsfeld and others, founded the "Project for the New American Century," a think tank whose self-stated goal is to "promote American global leadership". Rumors and speculation circulated that the two had a homosexual relationship, with references to Buchanan's "wife" and "better half", even President Andrew Jackson referred to King as "Miss Nancy". He also sat on the Board of Directors of Procter & Gamble, Union Pacific, and EDS.

He would live with Alabama senator William Rufus King for sixteen years in Washington, D.C., but King died four years before Buchanan became president. From 1995 until 2000, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Halliburton, a Fortune 500 company and market leader in the energy sector. After his fiancee's death Buchanan vowed he would never marry. Cheney joined the American Enterprise Institute after leaving office in 1993. However she abruptly broke off their engagement and died of mysterious causes several days later. In 1991 he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for "preserving America's defenses at a time of great change around the world.". In 1819 Buchanan was engaged to Ann Caroline Coleman, the daughter of wealthy iron manufacturer. He directed Operation Just Cause in Panama and Operation Desert Storm in the Middle East.

He served as Minister to the United Kingdom from 1853 to 1856, during which time he help to draft the Ostend Manifesto which proposed the purchase of Cuba under the threat of force. Bush. He served in this capacity until 1865. W. In 1853, Buchanan was named president of the Board of Trustees of Franklin and Marshall College in his hometown of Lancaster. Cheney served as the Secretary of Defense from March 1989 to January 1993 under President George H. No Secretary of State has become President since James Buchanan. The federal building in Casper, a regional center of the oil and coal business, was named the "Dick Cheney Federal Building" for him.

Polk from 1845 to 1849, during which he negotiated the 1846 Oregon Treaty establishing the 49th parallel as the northern boundary in the western U.S. As a Wyoming representative, he was also known for his vigorous advocacy of the state's petroleum and coal businesses. Buchanan served as Secretary of State in the Cabinet of President James K. The resolution was defeated.[10] Appearing on CNN during the Presidential campaign in 2000, Cheney addressed criticism for this, saying he opposed the resolution because the ANC "at the time was viewed as a terrorist organization and had a number of interests that were fundamentally inimical to the United States."[11]. He was chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations (Twenty-fourth through Twenty-sixth Congresses). In 1986, Cheney, along with 145 Republicans and 31 Democrats, voted against a nonbinding Congressional resolution calling on the South African government to release Nelson Mandela from prison, after the majority Democrats defeated proposed amendments to the language that would have required Mandela to renounce violence sponsored by the ANC and requiring the ANC to oust the Communist faction from leadership. He served from December 6, 1834; was reelected in 1837 and 1843, and resigned on March 5, 1845, to accept a Cabinet portfolio. However the comparison to Cuba is not exactly apt, as the European Community had voted to place limited sanctions upon South Africa in 1986.

Buchanan was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of William Wilkins. In later years, Cheney articulated his opposition to "unilateral sanctions," against many different countries, stating "they almost never work."[9] He also opposed unilateral sanctions against communist Cuba, and later in his career he would support multilateral sanctions against Iraq. Buchanan served as Minister to Russia from 1832 to 1834. In 1986, after President Reagan vetoed a bill to impose economic sanctions against South Africa for its official policy of apartheid, Cheney was one of 83 Representatives who voted against overriding the veto. Peck, judge of the United States District Court for the District of Missouri. He also believed it to be an encroachment to state´s rights.[8]. Buchanan served as one of the managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1830 to conduct the impeachment proceedings against James H. Department of Education, citing his concern over budget deficits and expansion of the federal government.

He was not a candidate for renomination in 1830. He voted against the creation of the U.S. He was chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary (Twenty-first Congress). Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday a national holiday, and again voted with the majority in 1983 when the measure passed. He was elected to the Seventeenth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1821 - March 3, 1831). Among the many votes he cast during his tenure in the House, he voted in 1979 with the majority against making Dr. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1814 to 1815. The following year, he was elected House Minority Whip.

He was one of the first volunteers in the War of 1812 and served in the defense of Baltimore, Maryland. He was Chairman of the Republican Policy Committee from 1981 to 1987 when he was elected Chairman of the House Republican Conference. The same year he studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1812 and practiced in Lancaster. Cheney was reelected five times, serving until 1989. In 1809 he moved to Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He defeated his Democratic opponent, Bill Bagley, in the 1978 midterm elections. He moved to Mercersburg with his parents in 1799, was privately tutored and then attended the village academy and was graduated from Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. House of Representatives to replace Teno Roncalio, who had resigned from Congress.

He was born in a log cabin at Cove Gap, near Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, on April 23, 1791 to James Buchanan and Elizabeth Spear. Cheney was elected to represent Wyoming in the U.S. Buchanan was a Representative and a Senator from Pennsylvania.
. . He was campaign manager for Ford's 1976 presidential campaign, while James Baker served as campaign chairman. history. Under President Gerald Ford, Cheney became Assistant to the President and the youngest White House Chief of Staff in history.

He has been criticized for failing to prevent the country from sliding into schism and the American Civil War and as a result, he is widely considered, together with his predecessor Franklin Pierce, to be one of the worst presidents in U.S. He served in a number of positions at the Cost of Living Council, at the United States Office of Economic Opportunity (as a special assistant to Donald Rumsfeld beginning in the spring of 1969), and within the White House. He was the only bachelor President, and the only resident of Pennsylvania to hold that office. Dick Cheney's public service career began under the Nixon administration in 1969. James Buchanan (April 23, 1791 – June 1, 1868) was the 15th President of the United States (1857-1861). Cheney was selected for a one-year fellowship in the office of Representative William Steiger, a Republican congressman from Wisconsin. Paraguay expedition. He attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a doctoral candidate in political science and completed all required coursework as an ABD, but left and entered politics before completing his thesis.

Origins of the American Civil War. He received his bachelor's degree in 1965 and master's degree in political science in 1966 both from the University of Wyoming. presidential election, 1856. Refocusing on academics, Cheney first matriculated to Casper Community College in 1963 and thereafter to the University of Wyoming where he began earning straight A's. U.S. I was headed down a bad road, if I continued on that course.". Kansas – January 29, 1861. [6] [7] He was reputedly dissatisfied with his work at the time, and in a May 7, 1991 New Yorker interview said that he found himself "working, building power lines, having been in a couple of scrapes with the law." He said that the arrests made him "think about where I was and where I was headed.

Oregon – February 14, 1859. In 1962, when he was 21, he pleaded guilty to two DWIs in Wyoming. Minnesota – May 11, 1858. [4][5]. Nathan Clifford - 1858. He saved up enough money and returned to Yale only to leave again the following semester partly due to poor grades. He decided after three semesters to take some time off from Yale, on account of difficulty with his studies.

Following high school, Cheney earned an academic scholarship and attended Yale University in 1959. In light of his daughter's situation, Cheney has declined to endorse the traditional Republican position of opposing marital rights for gay couples, although he has also refused to condemn it. Mary's sexual orientation as a lesbian has become a source of increasing public attention for Dick Cheney in light of the recent same-sex marriage debate. Mary is one of her father's top campaign aides and closest confidantes and lives in Denver, Colorado.

She currently works for the State Department's Near East Affairs Bureau. Elizabeth graduated from the University of Chicago Law School in 1996 and has worked as an international law attorney, consultant. The Perrys have four children. Bush in March or April, 2005, to be General Counsel of the Department of Homeland Security.

George W. lobbyist who was nominated by Pres. Perry, a Lockheed Martin Corp. Elizabeth was born in 1966 and is married to Philip J.

Cheney has two adult daughters, Elizabeth and Mary, and four grandchildren. However, after his daughter was born, July 28, 1966--nine months and two days later--Cheney applied for and received a reclassification of 3-A, making him unlikely to be drafted. On October 26, 1965 the Selective Service lifted the constraints on drafting childless married men. On May 19, 1965, Cheney was classified as 1-A "available for service" by the Selective Service.

Cheney was of military age during the Vietnam War but never volunteered. She is now a public speaker, author, and co-host of Crossfire. She served from 1986 to 1996 as Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities, appointed by Ronald Reagan. She has authored or co-authored eight books and numerous articles.

from The University of Wisconsin specializing in British literature. from The University of Colorado, and a Ph.D. with highest honors from Colorado College, an M.A. Cheney has a B.A.

Mrs. In 1964, he married Lynne Vincent. [1] [2][3] Beginning the summer after high school graduation in 1959 and during the next six years, Cheney worked on power lines and was a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union. He was elected the Natrona County High School senior class president, represented the school at Boys State, and played halfback on the football team.

Cheney excelled athletically in high school. One of his first known ancestors was Ralph de Chesney, Sire of Quesnay who fought on the side of William the Conqueror in the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Cheney grew up in Casper, Wyoming, and met his high-school sweetheart and future wife, Lynne Vincent, at age 14. He has a brother, Bob, and a sister, Susan.

Department of Agriculture as a soil conservation agent and was a registred Democrat. His father worked for the U.S. Cheney was born in Lincoln, Nebraska to Richard Herbert Cheney and Marjorie Dickey Cheney. .

Bush. He is currently the 46th Vice President of the United States under President George W. Republican Party. Richard Bruce Cheney (born January 30, 1941), widely known as Dick Cheney, is an American politician and businessman affiliated with the U.S.