Soooo...what do YOU think? Was James Buchanan a heterosexual?
@parkmannate41542 жыл бұрын
Nope. I've read the King letters. I understand that language was more flowery then, and its highly unlikely they like did anything together, but if I were making a movie he'd be gay .
@jessicacat44182 жыл бұрын
Yes he sure is:)
@mildlydispleased32212 жыл бұрын
Possibly, when we have the technology to revive him we can ask him.
@paulbabcock24282 жыл бұрын
He never had any gay relations w me. That is about all I can definitively say on this matter.
@iammrbeat2 жыл бұрын
@@parkmannate4154 MAKE THE MOVIE
@ezioaltairac2 жыл бұрын
Buchanan was indecisive on his sexuality the same way he was indecisive about the South.
@iammrbeat2 жыл бұрын
Oh snap. You've already won the comment section.
@akorn99432 жыл бұрын
You know, living with the same guy for 13 years but never having the courage to make a move is about what I’d expect from the guy who didn’t have the courage to stop half the country from leaving-
@Pravdacz-tp8zu2 жыл бұрын
@@akorn9943 A man living with another man in the same house at the time was not really a big of a deal. Due to much less developed economy at the time, 2 or more single men would just live together. Lincoln even used to share a bed with men in his youth, because America was not industrialized enough to produce enough beds for all.
@abrahamlincoln9372 жыл бұрын
@@iammrbeat C-SPAN ranked Buchanan as the worst president in American history in 2021.
@akorn99432 жыл бұрын
@@Pravdacz-tp8zu nah I know I was just making jokes. They still probably were hella gay tho 😌
@t.dominey41502 жыл бұрын
Buchanan: never slept with a woman, lived with another man for 13 years, and wrote about trying to seduce men Historians: we'll just never know
@buddymacbuddington Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂
@justahistorydork2974 Жыл бұрын
well depending on context i feel like it could be sarcastic if he's using it to convey his loneliness. it greatly depends on where that excerpt is from/ who its too and the literary context. it could go either way tho
@pistolpete5610 Жыл бұрын
I read that excerpt and was like thats too sus for him not to be gay 😂
@Jot_aa Жыл бұрын
I mean this is the same with Tolkien. He wrote a lot about one of his friends from high school in a semi romantic way. A lot of his poems were homerotic and even LOTR is kinda gay but it’s not fair to say he was bi (I say bi because he loved his wife dearly). Although it’s pretty accepted he most likely was.
@skoomakity8769 Жыл бұрын
Any gay person seeing this shit is just like "y'all serious? Bro definitely wasn't only batting for the one team"
@snailsaredumb9412 Жыл бұрын
"I've tried *wooing several men* and being unsuccessful", "i should find myself lucky to marry a woman [...] who * requires no affection"* Scholar: "You think he could be gay?" Other scholar: "Nah"
@didi56172 ай бұрын
Clearly you don't have any white guy friends. There is much wooing
@garret79192 ай бұрын
I think that sentence is more misogynistic than gay
@bizmonkey0072 ай бұрын
Yeah, he’s not exactly being vague
@kiwenmanisuno2 ай бұрын
@@garret7919Nah it"s just gay
@happ13e2 ай бұрын
🤣
@silverrraven53497 ай бұрын
the "or heterosexual" at the end is one of the most important parts of these conversations that nobody usually says
@carschmn2 жыл бұрын
Statistically at least one of those guys had to have been lgbt. There’s been too many for them all to have been straight. But realistically we are applying today’s conceptions on sexuality and relationships to people that lived up to 300 years ago. They probably thought differently about relationships and sexuality.
@iammrbeat2 жыл бұрын
Well put
@JonBrownSherman8 ай бұрын
More like 150 years ago but yeah. The US isn't even 300 years old
@carschmn8 ай бұрын
@@JonBrownSherman the USA turns 250 in 2026. The first presidents were in close to 50. Thus 300 years
@JonBrownSherman8 ай бұрын
@@carschmn Buchanan was born in 1791, 233 years ago. He became president in 1857 at the age of 66, 170 years ago.
@carschmn8 ай бұрын
@@JonBrownSherman i am not talking about just buchanan
@GeoDGeo2 жыл бұрын
I tried asking him through my ouija board and he wouldn't respond. Then I asked Freddie Mercury and he said Buchanan's super gay.
@iammrbeat2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the update. I think that's all the evidence we need, folks. Shut 'er down.
@thaliabirrueta84562 жыл бұрын
Tell Freddie that we miss him.
@MuhammadFarukh2 жыл бұрын
Lmfao
@guaiyaxs85702 жыл бұрын
Now you have 4 demons!! Is it worth it to chase after gays..? Probably not
@chrismancini56452 жыл бұрын
@@iammrbeat 😂😂😂 You're awesome!!!
@melliott6042 жыл бұрын
James just didn’t wanna make it Facebook official I guess..
@iammrbeat2 жыл бұрын
"It's complicated"
@melliott6042 жыл бұрын
@@iammrbeat “ Facebook “ interested in? “ James “ I’d prefer not to answer.
@classicepisodesofcrimewatc99712 жыл бұрын
Snivelling little Mr Beat. Why don't you make a video about the current Dementia plagued Prez? Who cares about spurious claims regarding long dead individuals? Are you going to speculate on your next video about which President was a paedophile or practiced incest? Spineless little geek
@JJMcCullough2 жыл бұрын
I read a piece by Jim Loewen in Salon a few years ago in which he argued that Buchanan was probably gay, and that people in his time probably knew and didn't care. What I thought was most interesting about the essay, however, was just the way Loewen challenged us to question some of our assumptions about the past, and specifically how people of the past thought about homosexuality. He noted that the late 19th century ushered in a time of rather unprecedented social conservatism in the United States, and that prior to that, people were often a lot more blasé about sexual matters than we sometimes assume. So the argument would be that Buchanan, whose political career was mostly in the 1840s, was a guy who preceded late Victorian neo-Puritanism, and thus someone who could get away with being gay, just because sexual propriety hadn't yet emerged as this thing other elites, or the broader public, were obsessed with. I mean, the first true presidential sex scandal wasn't until Grover Cleveland in the late 1880s, right? Before then, did anyone really talk much about who presidents were sleeping with?
@joeradler2 жыл бұрын
I dont buy it. In ancient Greece homosexuality was considered the norm and we have plenty of proof of that because it was recorded in writing dispassionately. The simple fact that it is virtually never mentioned in early America or Europe without the taint of scandal tells you that it was not a norm people tolerated. If it was something they just looked the other way on, you'd at least have the satirists and humorists of the day poking fun of the "unsaid-ness" of it.
@dewayneweaver57822 жыл бұрын
They talked quite a bit about Jefferson and Sally Hemings.
@williamhyde23102 жыл бұрын
Abraham Lincoln was most likely bi-sexual, according to some historians. He and his best friend a store owner named Joshua Speed lived together and slept in the same bed for 4 years. Maybe not too unusual for the time but they also wrote empassioned letters longing for each others company. And its said that it wasnt much of an issue to most people back then
@zacharyhenderson29022 жыл бұрын
Well, the first major sex scandal involving an American president was Thomas Jefferson's involvement with the 14-year-old African American girl.
@alexrogers7772 жыл бұрын
insightful!
@Megabean2 жыл бұрын
As a gay man myself, I don't consider a relationship based on whether it had a sexual element or not. Being gay is about that, it's about who you are romantically compatible with.
@blobjorn324811 ай бұрын
Then why do pride parades include so much sexual themes? Doesn't add up.
@MA_KA_PA_TIE9 ай бұрын
Bro of you don't get a hard on from beautiful women but you do from a beautiful man then you are gay.
@jimmydyurko8 ай бұрын
'Cause this dude doesn't speak for everyone in the parade.
@river60138 ай бұрын
@@blobjorn3248same reason beer posters have tits on em
@yourbestam8 ай бұрын
...okay?? Anyway this man fruity as hell
@amazingdrewH9 ай бұрын
Historians: honestly who doesn't write love letters to their purely platonic friends
@MultiLiam242 жыл бұрын
While that extract may imply him being gay, you have to remember that in the olden days men would write about one another like that. As homosexuality was unquestionable in most minds at the time, men would write about other men in a way that would be viewed today as “gay” because homosexuality has become more accepted so along with the change of modern masculinity, heterosexuals distanced themselves from using this language. A similar thing was seen with Shakespeare in Elizabethan England as a letter was found that had similar language, which without historical context, would be viewed as heavily gay in today’s world.
@kylebarrettz2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Liam, this was super cool to read. 😎 I long to hear from you again my sweet~♡~ 😉
@ErikNilsen13372 жыл бұрын
That also applies to the David and Jonathan narrative in the Bible (what with David saying, "his love to me was greater than the love of women," and all). I've heard pop-theology types claim that as evidence of a homosexual relationship between the two in the same vein as Buchanan. At its most benign, those sorts of interpretations anachronistically impose modern sentiments on people of a different time and place. At its worst, it's a cynical example of historical revisionism to conform the past to whatever is currently fashionable. There's a quote by C. S. Lewis somewhere that laments how men can no longer have meaningfully intimate relationships without society perceiving them as homosexual.
@re1n4412 жыл бұрын
But it's also important to understand that the intimate men from before the 1950s could actually be gay, or queer. It is good and should be more allowed to have men be intimate with each other, without it being sexual, but it's also important to not assume that they weren't gay because there definitely are gay/queer people from back then, they were just forced to hide it.
@ErikNilsen13372 жыл бұрын
@@re1n441 That is indeed so, but I think the pendulum of popular perception currently swings very far the other way.
@jamesrosewell90812 жыл бұрын
Yeah, this
@potatojo90132 жыл бұрын
"The First Gay President in American History?" First sentence: "Historians often view James Buchanan as the worst president in American history" 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀bro lmao I know it wasn't intentional but man that's funny
@joeradler2 жыл бұрын
Thats what I thought when I heard it too. Hahaha
@coleh92412 жыл бұрын
Me too
@joeradler2 жыл бұрын
We all know Obama was the worst president in US history ... but it wasn't because of the fact that he was homosexual. It was his leftist ideology that had no basis in the "real world" of causes and effects and his apologetic hatred for the country he purported to lead.
@coleh92412 жыл бұрын
@@joeradler lol
@ben_retrop51792 жыл бұрын
@@joeradler it's funny cuz racism
@satchmoe Жыл бұрын
“Only gay president” Lets see if joan rivers has something to say about that
@jonathangwinn4902 ай бұрын
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! EPIC!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@brinydemon03219 ай бұрын
Plot Twist: He was Asexual
@UnashamedCaliforniagirl6 ай бұрын
Probably true
@IISGOOD7604 ай бұрын
That would be so cool
@icantthinkofaname81392 жыл бұрын
“Nah guys, they were just very good friends” -Historians
@TheSpiralProgression2 жыл бұрын
They were literally roommates
@superdude8992 жыл бұрын
This has gotta the only time this joke was used and they were literally roommates
@PrimmSlim9272 жыл бұрын
@@TheSpiralProgression And they were roommates
@therealspeedwagon14512 жыл бұрын
Nah he was an incel. Just as how Frederick the Great was
@TheSpiralProgression2 жыл бұрын
@@therealspeedwagon1451 Fredrick literally had a room full of Greek and Roman statue depicted in acts of homosexuality that he called "the friendship room"
@nagonpainternet55512 жыл бұрын
I recognise this from when people try to speculate if royalty who lived a long time ago was gay. I feel like it is impossible to know if the person lived before 1850 was gay or not. Friends letters to each other was more loving, and might seem obviously romantic with our eyes. But in many cases that was only how you talked with your friends back then.
@iammrbeat2 жыл бұрын
Indeed. Even when Buchanan was alive, our modern classification of sexual orientations didn’t really exist.
@bubblegodanimation49152 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure Sappho was gay.
@acat77982 жыл бұрын
@@bubblegodanimation4915 facts
@TheSpiralProgression2 жыл бұрын
@@bubblegodanimation4915 she was bisexual
@TheSpiralProgression2 жыл бұрын
Fredrick the Great was undoubtedly gay, though.
@lukedetering44902 жыл бұрын
We'll probably never know. But what I do know is that if I was part of the LGBTQ+, I wouldn't like to be represented by one of the worst presidents in US history.
@iammrbeat2 жыл бұрын
I hear you
@vivie_alcremie2 жыл бұрын
Same
@JollyWailmer2 жыл бұрын
@@iammrbeat actually, I think you *read* him.
@21centuryhippie612 жыл бұрын
Bi guy here, yeah that’s probably just about the worst thing tbh… like we’ve got some cool historical icons and then there’s this guy…
@carolinemcgovern44882 жыл бұрын
@@21centuryhippie61 I mean to be fair to the man, if you have gay icons you also need bad gays so...
@LordOfLight Жыл бұрын
"Historians often view James Buchanan as the worst president in American history" ....not any more they don't.
@SuperNormalMan8 ай бұрын
You can't get much worse than a president that's barely coherent, has early dementia, and shit his pants in front of the Queen. But then again, he's not even actually running the country anyway.
@finnl68878 ай бұрын
Yeah they do lol.
@LordOfLight8 ай бұрын
@@finnl6887 You're not keeping up with current affairs.
@finnl68878 ай бұрын
@@LordOfLight yeah I am. As crappy as some recent ones are, they're still not as bad as Buchanan. Yet.
@LordOfLight8 ай бұрын
@@finnl6887 No Sir you are not. "A new poll of historians coming out on Presidents’ Day weekend ranks Mr. Biden as the 14th-best president in American history, just ahead of Woodrow Wilson, Ronald Reagan and Ulysses S. Grant. While that may not get Mr. Biden a spot on Mount Rushmore, it certainly puts him well ahead of Mr. Trump, who places dead last as the worst president ever." ~New York Times. You will, of course, call it "fake news" or some other such drivel to save yourself the trouble of acknowledging cruel truth. Feel free. It's what we expect of your kind.
@ebob41777 ай бұрын
Ah, the classic very intimate roommates.
@TheSpazzQueen2 ай бұрын
@@ebob4177 bert n ernie
@HaonProductions2 жыл бұрын
Man when you said William King became VP I thought you were going to say he was VP under Buchanan. Wouldn't that have been something.
@sunii42642 жыл бұрын
🤦😍
@TheHappyTruckShunter2 жыл бұрын
They did try to get elected as POTUS/VP together. Buchanan and King each ran for Prez and VP several times - in 1844, 1848, and 1852 - and even though they both got what they wanted eventually - they never got the chance to win the nomination together. In 1852, Buchanan lost the Democratic nomination for prez to Franklin Pierce but King would win nomination as Pierce's VP. Most tragically, despite the fact Buchanan did get nominated for prez and elected in 1856...it wasn't before King had died of tuberculosis weeks into his term as Pierce's VP.
@marcusbierman53102 жыл бұрын
@@TheHappyTruckShunter King actually spent all of his very short term as VP in Cuba, even was sworn in there. He was hoping the climate would improve his health.
@PopeLando2 жыл бұрын
Zachary Taylor died one year into his Presidency, succeeded by Millard Fillmore. Before the 25th Amendment there was no mechanism to replace the Vice President if he died or succeeded to the job. So if Fillmore had died the next president would have been William R King, the President pro tempore of the Senate. As the next term approached King stood for Veep, but fell ill and had to go to Cuba. He won the election, and promptly died, making the Vice Presidency vacant again.
@colmcillegardner2144 Жыл бұрын
Quit gossiping. “He who sings," said St. Augustine, "prays twice." The holy Bishop of Hippo meant that singing adds to our praise and worship of God-that our voices are gifts.🎶🙏
@SageArdor2 жыл бұрын
basically, unless someone finds a surviving secret diary that somehow corroborates any claims of attraction towards men, the best we can do is speculate on Buchanan's sexuality.
@SageArdor2 жыл бұрын
that being said, I'm pretty sure he had a thing for men (exclusive or not), for reasons stated in this short, on top of how Buchanan is documented as having panicked for repentance on his deathbed.
@JonBrownSherman8 ай бұрын
They literally did! Did you not read the excerpt in the video!?
@TPChatter2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mr. Beat, I've always wondered about this. ive heard both sides of the story, so thanks for clearing this up. (I hope my grandpa doesn't see this, I already asked him the trivia question "which president was secretly gay")
@iammrbeat2 жыл бұрын
Thank you as always, and be sure to preface the question with "supposedly"
@TPChatter2 жыл бұрын
@@iammrbeat will do!
@castleanthrax183311 ай бұрын
Donald Trump.
@AUBREY-ml4ex2 ай бұрын
Another fun fact: William and Buchanan got the team nickname of "Mr. Buchanan and his Wife"
@denverrsouthers5531 Жыл бұрын
"Or heterosexual for that matter" I love you for that Mr. Beat. Thank you.
@BenTillysonhashtagTenlander2 жыл бұрын
This is awesome. Mr. Beat, I can not overstate how much I enjoy your content. Sometimes you post videos about topics of which I knew I wanted a deeper explanation. Other times, you post videos about topics of which I DIDN’T know I wanted to explore further. Either way, I am always left feeling well informed and with a thirst for more information, leading me to dig deeper for myself. This topic has piqued my interest since I learned that President Buchanan may have been America’s first President in a same-sex relationship. Previously, I have been saddened when my searches for more information have been fruitless. Even though it is only a short, I was excited to see you post about it; I was thrilled to have finally learned more about President Buchanan’s possible relationships. Thank you, Mr. Beat!
@iammrbeat2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, Ben. This comment made my week!
@alcapone6722 жыл бұрын
This was posted 53 mins ago, but he posted 17 hours ago
@classicepisodesofcrimewatc99712 жыл бұрын
Snivelling little Mr Beat. Why don't you make a video about the current Dementia plagued Prez? Who cares about spurious claims regarding long dead individuals? Are you going to speculate on your next video about which President was a paedophile or practiced incest? Spineless little geek
@BenTillysonhashtagTenlander2 жыл бұрын
@@alcapone672 Sometimes my powers surprise me, too.
@kayzeaza2 жыл бұрын
Maybe this was the only time in history we’re ‘good roommates’ were just roommates haha
@danielmills78012 жыл бұрын
*where
@user-mb3dx5fl9f2 жыл бұрын
Cmon.
@furby92842 жыл бұрын
I mean in a time when being gay was still punishable by death in some parts of the US, I have to think that he would try to hide it as best he could if he was gay. Whenever historians say that there’s ‘not enough evidence’, I tend to think ‘Well maybe that’s on purpose’ Also, most people got married whether they wanted to or not. A lot of times without much of a say in the matter. You’d have to go out of your way to not get married. I see no reason why Buchanan couldn’t be seen as gay.
@iammrbeat2 жыл бұрын
Good point!
@childeryeeter42022 жыл бұрын
I do agree that if he was gay he would want to hide it, the lack of evidence is not itself evidence. That’s the same argument that people who think the pyramids were built by aliens use. “If aliens did build the pyramids they would have hidden all traces of what they did. That’s why there isnt any evidence” The lack of evidence isn’t valid evidence, that argument is a fallacy.
@marvelous971-j6m2 жыл бұрын
@@childeryeeter4202 but there is a difference here. It more likely he would hide his homosexual feeling. Than aliens building a pyramid in ancient Egypt.and the fact he never really have a sex life/marriage. There could be hint that he could be homosexual or asexual to.
@childeryeeter42022 жыл бұрын
@@marvelous971-j6m oh yeah he tottaky coulda been gay or asexual or something. I think that’s possible. Just the comment used a fallacy
@marvelous971-j6m2 жыл бұрын
@@childeryeeter4202 yea
@TheStarswearee2 жыл бұрын
My favorite part to read about on his wikipedia page is his love life. Non existent but a trip to read about
@joseaca10109 ай бұрын
"Sex is cringe" - James Buchanan, probably
@budgie43502 жыл бұрын
We just don’t know which way he swung, if indeed he even swung at all.
@AlexM-ht9ff2 жыл бұрын
I was never really interested in history until I began following your channel. Now I can't get enough of it. You rock!
@katherinegilks38802 жыл бұрын
One thing that always stands out to me in questioning the sexuality (or sexual preference) of past politicians, royalty, millionaires, etc. is that the speculators seem to forget that they were being gossiped about during their lifetimes and they had plenty of enemies. So contemporary DC speculation that Buchanan was homosexual could easily have been more of a dig on his political performance in the same vein that people question whether Trump and Biden have dementia because they don’t like their politics. We rarely hear the “good” leaders speculated to be gay. Being interested romantically or sexually in people of the same sex was just considered a vice, not an identity.
@ElkjaerTV Жыл бұрын
This short makes me want to see a video about rumors/speculations for every president. Maybe an interesting video idea.
@tonycave486 ай бұрын
Not the worst president being the only gay one 😭 this feels homophobic
@AndrewH12206 ай бұрын
There no evidence he was though
@MaxEG-i3w6 ай бұрын
@@AndrewH1220 there was much evidence it was just not concrete
@pillowfromtpotreal3 ай бұрын
Well, Obama was finee
@RegulatedMilitia3 ай бұрын
jfk might have been bi and he's a lot better
@dashcrowngd89542 ай бұрын
Nah Andrew Johnson was worse
@cowgod19452 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure even back then dudes didn’t say they were “wooing” several gentlemen
@elfarlaur2 жыл бұрын
It is certainly possible, however we should keep in mind that what we view as gay now may not have been seen as odd behaviour between two men at the time. That being said, some things about his relationship with King do seem like they would have been considered strange even back then. Overall I don't think this is something we can really answer definitively, though I think supposing he was gay is not too wild an idea.
@iammrbeat2 жыл бұрын
Well put!
@lisaseverance67852 жыл бұрын
Well it could be taken that way, possibly. His fiance did pass away not long after their engagement was ended and he called her passing his "great grief". King also suggested he had a great love but she married another. So they may have just been close friends, understanding each others grief. Granted, they were called "Buchanan and his wife" by people in DC. Or "Aunt Nancy and Aunt Fancy". They were very close but how close, no one knows.
@Vize_David04042 жыл бұрын
Buchanan: never married Historians: *I diagnose you with gay*
@LSqre10 ай бұрын
did you watch the short? it said that historians say that there isn't enough evidence to prove he was gay, or straight
@thomastakesatollforthedark22319 ай бұрын
He also tried to woo gentlemen
@Sam_on_YouTube3 ай бұрын
At the time, being gay was not a thing you were, it was a thing you did. They didn't associate the act with an identity. Today we recognize that desires are persistent and at least relatively inherent. They may shift somewhat overtime, but usually not drastically (even when people genuinely try to make them shift) and even when they do shift slightly, they persist for a long time. So it is sensible to consider it a trait, part if someone's identity. That was not recognized then. Very few people considered themselves to be homosexual, they just liked to have homosexual sex. That's one of the reasons its hard to determine if historical figures are gay. VERY few of them thought of themselves that way and very few people thought of others that way. There was also a lot of stigma and bigotry, so when people engaged in homosexual acts or had homosexual desires, they tended to keep it hidden.
@moses47692 жыл бұрын
Hey Mr. Beat, I watched your video on the Dred Scott Decision again and I was wondering could I get a link to the song in the background? It was really great! I know your band made it.
@iammrbeat2 жыл бұрын
That's my Bill Clinton song
@jswoozy96662 жыл бұрын
No wonder my homie didnt have the women, you would think that if you were the president all the women would be chasing you around.
@iammrbeat2 жыл бұрын
This is perhaps a good point
@onyxthelifebringer2 жыл бұрын
I mean it's his looks that's keeping everyone away...
@jswoozy96662 жыл бұрын
@@onyxthelifebringer I mean he do be lookin fine no cap
@lucabayley14542 жыл бұрын
@@jswoozy9666 in some pictures. There’s one picture where he looks like a human Q tip
@TheStarswearee2 жыл бұрын
@@lucabayley1454 Maybe thats why.
@matthewhedrichjr.54452 жыл бұрын
Some people say he was gay without evidence. Interesting video as always Mr. Beat.
@iammrbeat2 жыл бұрын
Yep, can't make a claim without proof. Thank you Matthew!
@matthewhedrichjr.54452 жыл бұрын
@@iammrbeat that’s right.
@ephraim_8 ай бұрын
On one hand, men were generally a lot more "expressive" with their feelings, especially towards men just as a sign of their close, brotherly bonds. On the other hand...
@vinny18832 ай бұрын
This is a real "Sappho and her friend" moment from historians.
@resourceress72 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the inclusion of several different sexualities at the end. That really happens with "omg were they gay!!!?!!" speculations.
@abrahamlincoln9372 жыл бұрын
William R. King was the 13th Vice President of the United States from March 4, 1853 to April 18, 1853.
@iammrbeat2 жыл бұрын
Didn't you know him, Abe?
@abrahamlincoln9372 жыл бұрын
@@iammrbeat Indeed, though he died 12 years before me.
@jessicacat44182 жыл бұрын
@@abrahamlincoln937 Hi!!!:)
@abrahamlincoln9372 жыл бұрын
@@jessicacat4418 Hi!
@jessicacat44182 жыл бұрын
@@abrahamlincoln937 how is my Best Friend doing:)
@anopirsten75652 жыл бұрын
So people say he was gay because he never had a wife and chilled with a homie in his house for 13 years? People be crazy.
@iammrbeat2 жыл бұрын
People often are crazy, yes.
@khameriengibson19752 жыл бұрын
yea it's just pleasin' the homies...
@addictionsucks8848 Жыл бұрын
Of all the historical figures people do the "historians will call them roomates" thing, this might actually be the most likely. It's not a lot of evidence, but that's pretty damning.
@HoneycombProductions10 ай бұрын
i read a book a few years ago called "Queer There and Everywhere" that told short stories about queer people, open or otherwise, throughout history. one of the chapters was about abraham lincoln i dont remember the specifics since it was literally six years ago but just something interesting that this made me think about
@williamhild17932 жыл бұрын
Look what channel is knocking on the 500,000 subscriber's door---It's Mr. Beat! I subscribed way back when you had about 10,000-20,000. Now look at the subscriber count! Congrats, Mr. Beat...you've always been a favorite of mine!
@jessicacat44182 жыл бұрын
Hey! I like your picture:)
@iammrbeat2 жыл бұрын
It's freaking crazy. But I still love making the videos, and probably will for the rest of my life. Thanks for being here for so long. That means a lot.
@jessicacat44182 жыл бұрын
@@iammrbeat want to be friends?
@lukascubes91322 жыл бұрын
you can really do this with every president lol
@iammrbeat2 жыл бұрын
Probs
@craigmiller18702 жыл бұрын
A dough face and a Yankee doodle dandy! Geez, Buchanan just can't catch a break.
@RoryKatherin032 жыл бұрын
Hey, shoutout to Mr. Beat for pointing out that there’s not any evidence that Buchanan was straight either! Really tired of people automatically assuming that when there’s literally no evidence of ANY relationships
@MadelineWeatherspoonАй бұрын
I mean he lived with the same man for 13 years! That seems like evidence of a relationship if you ask me. So though not definitive he seems to be the one president with more evidence of being LGBT than not.
@JIMBOMcGramble9 ай бұрын
CORRECTION: They were just really really good friends who deeply valued their relationship
@pavelow2352 жыл бұрын
This is my life long goal, to become famous enough that historians? 100s of years from now debate my sexual preferences.....
@Hollywood20212 жыл бұрын
“Hopefully it’ll distract those everyone from my dismal performance”
@that1worldcitizen1522 жыл бұрын
so they were just "friends"
@embereatstoasters68352 жыл бұрын
OH MY GOD THEY WERE ROOMMATES
@Pravdacz-tp8zu2 жыл бұрын
Please, make a video or several videos about some particular higly important congresspeople. I think it’s your obligation to properly cover Thaddeus Stevens. Most based politician in American history!
@iammrbeat2 жыл бұрын
haha great suggestion!
@Pravdacz-tp8zu2 жыл бұрын
@@iammrbeat Thank you for acknowledging so.
@khalidbashir4017 Жыл бұрын
First and only? OBAMA: 🙄🙄am i a joke to you?
@spokentruth59099 ай бұрын
Whack
@korvo34279 ай бұрын
Facts
@gageausten43067 ай бұрын
Was lookin for this comment 😂
@risenfromyoutubesashesagai63027 ай бұрын
@@spokentruth5909more like oBUMa was whacking... other dudes off.
@ASocialistTransGirl7 ай бұрын
wait what? I thought obama was straight
@bobbyanderson10549 ай бұрын
Well during both Buchanan's and King's time in Congress, a lot of their contemporaries (especially President Andrew Jackson) used to refer to them as "Aunt Nancy & Miss Fancy;" so,... do whatever you will with that.
@alcarbo86132 жыл бұрын
Buchanan wasn’t gay just really really awkward with women (as some of his letters can attest to)
@januzairamli44262 жыл бұрын
JJ can be the first gay prime minister of Canada
@iammrbeat2 жыл бұрын
That'd be amazing
@dictatorofcanada42382 жыл бұрын
William Lyon Mackenzie King was a lifelong bachelor, some speculate that he was a closeted homosexual. (This is just speculation obviously)
@katherinegilks38802 жыл бұрын
@@iammrbeat As a Canadian, no it wouldn’t. His videos are considered racist up here. He’d have a hard time getting elected.
@katherinegilks38802 жыл бұрын
@@dictatorofcanada4238 Like Buchanan, King was mainly just odd. Unlike Buchanan, King was a fairly good leader because he was re-elected multiple times despite being odd. I mean, even now, if you want to get elected, it helps to be married and have some kids or grandkids (stepkids also acceptable) because you are seen as more relatable to the electorate as well as having more of a stake in the future. (This is more the case in North America, though. In other parts of the world, having sacrificed having your own children in order to serve the nation is seen as a positive thing.)
@orangypteco88582 жыл бұрын
So historians agreed they were just good friends, roommates even
@ryanwiebe4096 Жыл бұрын
This Brings a Whole New Meaning To "Oh My God,They Were Roommates"
@E-63836 Жыл бұрын
“Not the curtains again Mr. President… Buchanan!!!”-oversimplified
@slavaukrayini29262 жыл бұрын
Guys they were just roommates I swear
@dotkittyraptor2 жыл бұрын
id never heard of this before thank you mr beat
@saulgoodmanKAZAKH2 жыл бұрын
Average day in Historian Department: "So, did Buchanan have gay sex?!"
@JJ-fm9fj2 жыл бұрын
Hahahahhahhahahahahah! This one was cool buddy! Luv u!
@MegrelMamba Жыл бұрын
Buchanan watching this from afterlife: "IM NOT GAY IM NOT GAYYYYY!!!"
@gabrielrussell55312 жыл бұрын
The evidence for Buchanan being "Mansexual" (If there's an actual term that covers all orientations gay/bi/pan/etc. that are a fan of the man I'd love to hear it) seems about as strong as the evidence for Lincoln. For reference Lincoln shared a bed with a man named Joshua Fry Speed, and during the civil war wrote him love letters.
@Excepnexcep2 жыл бұрын
Another thing was that he was unmarried. It was really hard in those times to not get married, Doesn't matter if you wanted to or not, you would probably be married. They were both unmarried. James B had the most evidence, granted it's not enough to prove that he was mlm (man loving man). He still had the most compelling evidence
@gabrielrussell55312 жыл бұрын
@@Excepnexcep MLM doesn't work for me as a term because it's also the acronym for modern pyramid schemes. It's just as possible that Lincoln had two beards: One literal, one metaphorical.
@Excepnexcep2 жыл бұрын
@@gabrielrussell5531 oh ok, I don't know any other terms, sorry. And I'm not saying that President Buchanan was LGBTQ2S+, It's just that we aren't particularity sure if he was or not, unlike other presidents who we can confidentially say were straight
@imtiredallways26222 жыл бұрын
You know wooing means trying to get someone to fall in love to (sweep them off their feet) unless im wrong but thats what i have heard i may be wrong
@johanrunfeldt71742 жыл бұрын
Language evolves. Just think about how 2A enthusiasts and anti-gunners argue over what "well regulated" means. Or how before the 1970s the word "gay" just meant "happy". The word "woo" could have gone through a similar change in meaning. I don't know, I'm not a linguist.
@Raspberries93722 жыл бұрын
You already know things are about to go down when a gay man back in the day gets engaged with a senator from ALABAMA. 😂😂😂
@FantasmagoriaAhoy Жыл бұрын
Doesn't anyone else see where in the letter he says he's "gone a' wooing" to "several gentlemen" and that he had not "succeeded with any of them"?!? Or later where he says he wants an "old maid" to take care of him and not expect any affection from him....?
@ClassicBoxingMatches11 ай бұрын
He looks like Dara O'Brian in a wig
@samaraisnt Жыл бұрын
Anyone who thinks he isn't gay has not paused the video to read the damn letter. xD You don't have to be explicitly sexual to be gay btw...you said it yourself, his male-male relationship was his "most intimate."
@JeffHoldenWS-NC3 ай бұрын
Only gay president before Obama.
@waspsandwich65483 ай бұрын
Obama isn't gay???
@elvispresleydaily39522 ай бұрын
@@JeffHoldenWS-NC Obama and Micheal….
@melodi_bunniez2 жыл бұрын
"Both James Buchanan and William Rufus King were heterosexual and they were *great* friends" ~ Historians
@BwoahBwoahBwoah Жыл бұрын
I started putting listening devices near Graves. Found Buchanan's and put in right in, heard moaning and farting for 46.16 hours
@julianescobar23952 жыл бұрын
That clarification was the best
@aleksandaratanasovic88352 жыл бұрын
From what I know they had letters that were destroyed by their family (which seems pretty sus in my opinion).
@anonymoushuman8443 Жыл бұрын
Just like the Russians destroying evidence that Tchaikovsky was gay.
@_KungFuBarbie_2 жыл бұрын
Yeah this is NOT the kind of representation I want lol 😅
@HenryA.Wallace2 жыл бұрын
Lincoln would be a lot better (even though we can't 100% tell for sure if he was gay) Edit: What just happened??? *Reminder that "gay" is an umbrella term for anyone that is attracted to the same gender (this includes bisexual people) and that anyone of any religious background can be gay/bisexual since it's the way people are born*
@person30702 жыл бұрын
@@HenryA.Wallace Lincoln had a wife and kids though..
@TheSlipperyNUwUdle2 жыл бұрын
@@person3070 he could be bisexual. 🤷♀️ you can like both dudes and girls and marry a woman.
@person30702 жыл бұрын
According to your logic every president is now bisexual. Your argument holds no substance at all whatsoever. Hey I can do it too, Lincoln could be straight because he has a wife and kids. See how stupidly flawed your argument isA?@@TheSlipperyNUwUdle
@person30702 жыл бұрын
LINCOLN WAS RELIGIOUS. How the heck would someone be gay if they were literally Christian and had a wife and kids ffs.@ElizaDrawsStuff
@rockinbobokkin78312 жыл бұрын
He, "went a wooing" , kinda says it all really.
@drsolo7 Жыл бұрын
Sir? Go away Not the curtain again, mr president :/ Im not here BUCHANAN.... aaah!!
@stargazer-elite Жыл бұрын
Him: *says Buchanan* My brain immediately thinking of oversimplified: BUCHANAN *cries behind window curtain*
@alcapone6722 жыл бұрын
Buchanan was just a bottom no question about that
@fred878010 ай бұрын
i expected to see Obama listed as gay.
@zarius6363 Жыл бұрын
He wasn't gay, only his boyfriend was
@SuprMayro Жыл бұрын
You just said it🤦♂️💀
@thelawfus8 ай бұрын
Please invest in better sound engineering (equipment, room, whatever). Your videos are usually interesting (even when I disagree), but often hard to listen to.
@mrgopnik5964 Жыл бұрын
Honestly, that text is more than enough proof for me
@supremeblook39382 жыл бұрын
This comment won't be hearted
@iammrbeat2 жыл бұрын
Wrong 🙂
@anticorncob62 жыл бұрын
I honestly hate it when that works.
@supremeblook39382 жыл бұрын
@@iammrbeat Ur one of my fav youtuber
@benjaminmorris49622 ай бұрын
Presidential Sexual Orientiations: Buchanan - No Data
@bthearen Жыл бұрын
Don't forget Abe with Joshua Speed and David Derickson. Which is after Buchanan
@user-ug5xr2gb6j Жыл бұрын
Did they per chance co-own a cat? There’s the smoking gun. 😂
@twotone3471 Жыл бұрын
You forgot to include Andrew Jackson's humorous knickname for the First Couple.
@Boofy959 ай бұрын
Imagine not being into relationships and 100+ years later they call you bright, merry and happy.
@KaibamanYT3 ай бұрын
Now that award goes to our ice cream loving president Joe
@pillowfromtpotreal3 ай бұрын
Nah, even if Buchanan wasn't then Obama would be first
@cheshireket31328 ай бұрын
The vibe I got is that he was gay. A reach could be made for asexual. Just because in the writing, he makes it clear he might marry a woman but never be able to give her affection. He was aware he couldn't feel completely fulfilled with a woman. The question would then be: was he attracted to men, or was the company of men just better for him because he related to them more, and he was actually asexual? Either way, he fits under the Q. So. ONE OF US ONE OF US
@David_Shipley3 ай бұрын
According to many videos on this site, there's an argument for a much more recent president being on that list.
@chasemarkham58133 ай бұрын
@@David_Shipley bingo
@matthewbell4273 Жыл бұрын
Buchanan channelling his inner POTUS42: “I did not have sexual relations with…”