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.
James Buchanan, fifteenth President of the United States, was born on April 23, 1791 near Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. His father, a Scotch-Irish immigrant, had emigrated to the Pennsylvania frontier where he became a successful storekeeper.