Buchanan, GEORGE

1506-1582. Scottish scholar, tutor of Mary Stuart 1562, and of James VI. 1570, though a vehement Protestant. Latin version of the Psalms, 1570; History of Scot land, 1582; Autobiography, 1608. Buchanan, JAMES, 1791-1868. Fifteenth Pres. U. S. M. C. 1820-30; envoy to Ru ia 1831, and negotiator of a treaty; U. S. Senator 1834-45; Sec. of State 1845-49; minister to England 1853-56; Pres. 1857-61. In Dec. 1860 he denied his official right to resist sece ion, to which members of his cabinet had contributed.