James Buchanan
- No natural children
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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| Mary Elizabeth Speer Lane | 1826 – 1855 | George Washington Baker | Adopted daughter; niece (daughter of sister Jane Buchanan and Elliot Tole Lane) |
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| Harriet Rebecca Lane | 1830 – 1903 | Henry Elliott Johnston | Adopted daughter; niece (daughter of sister Jane Buchanan and Elliot Tole Lane); served as Acting First Lady Mother of:
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