Baker, professor of history at Maryland’s Goucher College and author of a biography of Buchanan, each cite reports that President Andrew Jackson referred to King as “Miss Nancy” and “Aunt Fancy.” Aaron V. “So they’d sort of use the term ‘a little feminine’ and all of that.”īoller and historian Jean H. “I don’t think the word homosexual was used either,” Boller said. In a telephone interview, Boller said Washington insiders at the time speculated over whether King and Buchanan’s well-known close friendship had evolved into a romantic relationship. Boller Jr., professor emeritus of history at Texas Christian University and author of several books on presidential politics, including the book “Presidential Campaigns: From George Washington to George W. “They certainly didn’t have the word gay back then,” said Paul F. Buchanan, also a lifelong bachelor, is believed by some historians to be the nation’s first gay president. president James Buchanan while the two served in the Senate. He returned to the Senate four years later, in 1848, where he served until December 1852, when he resigned after winning election in November 1852 as vice president on the ticket of Franklin Pierce.Ī lifelong bachelor, King lived for 15 years in the home of future U.S. King (1786-1853) served in the House of Representatives from North Carolina for six years beginning in 1811 and later served in the Senate from the newly created state of Alabama from 1819-44, when he became U.S. vice president and possibly one of the first gay members of the U.S.
Other historians have speculated that King holds yet another distinction - the likely status of being the first gay U.S. He died of tuberculosis on April 18, 1853, just 25 days after being sworn into office on March 24, 1853, according an official biography of King prepared by the Office of the Historian of the U.S. William Rufus DeVane King, the 13th United States vice president, has the distinction of having served in that office for less time than any other vice president.
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