Wow, I typed an unique for an! essay and then Word grammar check said it was wrong. But I always thought that the rule was: an = when a word starts with a,e,i,o,u. But then I figured, yeah it does sound strange.
Buchanan was nominated by the Democratic Party in the 1856 presidential election. Throughout most of Pierce's term, he had been stationed in London as a minister to the Court of St. James's, so was not caught up in the crossfire of sectional politics that dominated the country.
-Republicans ran John C. Fremont of California as their first presidential candidate-Democrats nominated James Buchanan of Pennsylvania; former president Millard Fillmore ran on the American (Know-Nothing) Pary ticket-Republicans, opposed to slavery expansion, only won votes in the North, giving Buchanan the election.First presidential election under the Constituion-George Washington received 1 vote from each of the electors and was elected unanimously-North Carolina dn Maryland did not cast votes because they had not yet ratified the Constitution.