Harriet Lane
Politician
1830 – 1903
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Who was Harriet Lane?
Harriet Rebecca Lane Johnston, acted as First Lady of the United States during the presidency of her uncle, lifelong bachelor James Buchanan, from 1857 to 1861. Among the handful of women who have served as first lady while not being married to the president, she is by far the best known.
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- Born
- May 9, 1830
Mercersburg - Also known as
- First lady Harriet Lane
- Parents
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Episcopal Church
- Education
- Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School
- Lived in
- Pennsylvania
- Died
- Jul 3, 1903
Narragansett - Resting place
- Green Mount Cemetery
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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