2. James Buchanan
The lifelong bachelor was not only never married he also spent almost his entire life living with another man, Alabama born Democrat U.S. Senator William Rufus King. Buchanan instructed his relatives to burn his letters and writings after his death there was still some correspondence that remained in historical societies. In one letter between King and Buchanan it appears that they break up after King is appointed to live in France for work.
That same year (1844) James Buchanan wrote to a friend that he was now alone and although he had tried to “woo several gentlemen” he wasn’t having any luck in that department. Aside from this actual documentation Buchanan also spent much time in the gossip world of Washington DC and many referred to Senator William Rufus King as Mrs. James Buchanan. Many believe that Buchanan was America’s first LGBTQ president, among these theorists is famed historian James Loewen.
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