The nation's 15th president is the nation's only bachelor president. 6 were unmarried when they took office Cleveland took a wife while he was president Jefferson, jackson, van buren and chester arthur were widowers when they became president and never remarried Tyler, benjamin harrison and wilson lost their wives while they were president. There were just four united states presidents who were unmarried while in office
Here's who they were, and how they came to head the nation alone. James buchanan stands as the only president to never marry, while grover cleveland became president while unmarried and later tied the knot in the white house. James buchanan tall, stiffly formal in the high stock he wore around his jowls, james buchanan was the only president who never married Presiding over a rapidly dividing nation, buchanan did not quite grasp the political realities of the time. Andrew johnson was the youngest to be married at 18 years 139 days Benjamin harrison was the oldest to be married at 62 years 229 days (his second)
James buchanan is the only president to never have been married The average age of the presidents for their first marriage is 28 years The average age of the. There have been 46 us presidents Only one former president, james buchanan, was never married James buchanan was the 15th us president and served his term from march 1857 t…
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