William R. King was sworn in as vice president on March 24, 1853, while he was vacationing in Cuba. This special concession was granted because of King's ill health, to which he succumbed less than a month later. Before his short-lived vice presidency, King lived with life-long bachelor and future president James Buchanan for 15 years in Washington, DC. Their relationship prompted scandalous speculation amongst the Washington press corps at the time, and earned him the nicknames "Miss Nancy" and "Aunt Fancy" from Andrew Jackson. (--)

Vice Presidents We Never Knew

William R. King was sworn in as vice president on March 24, 1853, while he was vacationing in Cuba. This special concession was granted because of King's ill health, to which he succumbed less than a month later. Before his short-lived vice presidency, King lived with life-long bachelor and future president James Buchanan for 15 years in Washington, DC. Their relationship prompted scandalous speculation amongst the Washington press corps at the time, and earned him the nicknames "Miss Nancy" and "Aunt Fancy" from Andrew Jackson.

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