In what year did the president under whom John Elliott Ward was United States Minister to China die?
John Elliott Ward:  He served as United States Attorney for Georgia, mayor of Savannah, Georgia, speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives, president of the Georgia Senate, president of the 1856 Democratic National Convention, and United States Minister to China under James Buchanan. James Buchanan: James Buchanan Jr. ( ; April 23, 1791June 1, 1868) was the 15th President of the United States (1857–61), serving immediately prior to the American Civil War.
1868