Patrick Joseph Buchanan Wiki Biography
Patrick Joseph Buchanan was born on the 2nd November 1938, in Washington D.C., USA, and is a politician, writer and broadcaster, best known to the world for being the original host of the show “Crossfire”, aired on CNN. Also, he was the senior advisor to Presidents Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford.
Have you ever wondered how rich Pat Buchanan is, as of early 2017? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Pat’s net worth is as high as $7 million, earned through his varied but successful careers.
Pat Buchanan Net Worth $7 Million
Pat is as a son of William Baldwin Buchanan and his wife Catherine Elizabeth, and grew up in a family with six brothers and two sisters. Pat is of mixed ancestry; his father is of Irish, English and Scottish ancestry, while his mother had German blood in her veins.
Pat went to Gonzaga College High School, a Catholic school operated by Jesuits, and after matriculation enrolled at Georgetown University, from which he received a bachelor’s degree in American studies. After that, he was nominated for the Reserve Officers Training Corps, but wasn’t part of the program due to reactive arthritis. Instead, he continued his education as he enrolled at Columbia University, receiving master’s degree in journalism after two years of studies.
Pat became a part of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat at only 23 years old, and the magazine published rewritten material of Pat’s thesis trade between Canada and Cuba, under the title “Canada Sells to Red Cuba — And Prospers”. He was then promoted to assistant editorial page editor, and became a supporter of Barry Goldwater and his presidential campaign. In 1966 he was hired by Richard Nixon to be the first adviser on his presidential campaign, and traveled with Nixon for the next two years. Once the Nixon was elected president, Pat worked as White House adviser and speechwriter for Nixon himself – and also for Vice President Spiro Agnew – even during the Watergate scandal, but escaped any accusation of any wrongdoings. Following Nixon’s resignation, Pat stayed in the White House for a short time, serving as special assistant for incoming President Gerald Ford. After that he switched his calling and became news commentator and broadcaster, but returned to White House in 1985 to work as Communication director under President Ronald Reagan, which further increased his net worth.
To speak of his career on television, Pat was the host of the CNN’s program “Crossfire” from 1982 until 2005, and was a political analyst on MSNBC from 2002 until 2012, when he was fired by the channel’s director for alleged racist slurs.
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Nevertheless, he found engagement at Fox News soon after, and since then has contributed to the channel, appearing on numerous programs, which has only further increased his net worth.
Pat also tried himself in the politics, running for presidential selection as a Republican two times, and once as a president of the Reform Party, but wasn’t successful.
He has started The American Conservative Magazine, and has also written for such publications as Human Events, The Nation, National Review and Rolling Stone among others. Pat has also authored over ten books, including “The New Majority: President Nixon at Mid-Passage” (1973), “A Republic, Not an Empire” Reclaiming America’s Destiny” (1999), “State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America” (2006), “Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025?” (2011), and “The Greatest Comeback” (2014), the sales of which have certainly increased further his net worth.
Regarding his personal life, Pat has been married to Shelley Ann Scarney since 1971.
Full Name | Pat Buchanan |
Net Worth | $7 Million |
Date Of Birth | November 2, 1938 |
Place Of Birth | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
Height | 1.85 m |
Profession | Former Assistant to the President for Communications |
Education | Gonzaga College High School, a Catholic school operated by Jesuits, Georgetown University, Columbia University |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Shelley Ann Scarney (m. 1971) |
Parents | William Baldwin Buchanan, Catherine Elizabeth Buchanan |
Siblings | Bay Buchanan, John Buchanan, Henry Buchanan, Thomas Buchanan, Kathleen Theresa Buchanan, James Buchanan, William Buchanan Jr., Brian Buchanan |
https://twitter.com/patrickbuchanan | |
IMDB | www.imdb.com/name/nm0118059 |
Movies | Scarborough Country (TV Series, 2004) |
TV Shows | The McLaughlin Group (1982-2016), Crossfire (1982-2014), Morning Joe (since 2007), Buchanan & Press (2002-2003), Hardball with Chris Matthews (1994-), Capital Gang, Diagnosis: AIDS (1983) |
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1 | Bill Clinton’s foreign policy experience stems mainly from having breakfast at the International House of Pancakes. |
2 | To most Americans, Canada is sort of like a case of latent arthritis. We really don’t think about it unless it acts up. |
3 | To me, abortion is the greatest evil on the American continent since slavery. |
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1 | Has left MSNBC [February 17, 2012]. |
2 | Editor of The American Conservative. |
3 | Former communications director for President Ronald Reagan. |
4 | Was friends with journalist Hunter S. Thompson. |
5 | His father had Scottish, English, and Irish ancestry, and his mother was of German descent. Through his mother, he is a fourth cousin, twice removed, of singer Marilyn Manson. Pat’s great-great-great-grandparents, Johannes Schoeppner and Katharine Heil, were also Marilyn’s paternal great-great-great-great-great-grandparents. |
6 | Older brother of Bay Buchanan. |
7 | While giving a speech at West Michigan University in March 2005, he was attacked by a left-wing activist, who hurled salad dressing on him during a question-and-answer session and screamed, “Stop the bigotry!” Buchanan cut his appearance short, stating, “Thank you all for coming, but I’m going to have to get my hair washed”. He declined to press assault charges against the attacker, who disapproved of Buchanan’s appearance falling on the birthday of the late labor leader Cesar Chavez. |
8 | Though widely criticized by the Left for his use of the term “culture war” to describe the widening gap between social liberals and social conservatives at the 1992 Republican National Convention, that term is now in common usage by commentators on both the Left and the Right. |
9 | Signed on with MSNBC to do a two-hour talk/debate show with liberal counterpart Bill Press (like Buchanan, an alumnus of CNN’s Crossfire (1982)). The show, Buchanan & Press (2002), premiered on July 15th of this year. [June 2002] |
10 | Served in both the Nixon and Reagan Presidential administrations, and has been a pundit on such shows as Crossfire (1982) (which he created with fellow journalist/commentator Thomas Braden), The McLaughlin Group (1982) and The Capital Gang (1988). |
11 | Lives in Langley, Virginia with his wife. Is one of nine children from a conservative Irish-Catholic family. |
12 | Author of several books, including ‘A Republic, not an Empire’ (1999), and ‘The Death of the West’ (2001). Had two failed bids for the Republican Presidential nomination in 1992 and 1996, then quit the Republican Party to run for the Reform Party Presidential nomination, which he won in 2000. He received less than 1% of the total vote in the 2000 Presidential election. |
13 | Attended Gonzaga High School. |
Actor
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Scarborough Country | 2004 | TV Series |
Thanks
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie | 2012 | Documentary special thanks | |
Lake of Fire | 2006 | Documentary thanks |
Self
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Century: America’s Time | 1999 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself – Presidential Speech Writer |
LateLine | 1998 | TV Series | Himself |
Imus in the Morning on MSNBC | 1996 | TV Series | Regular Contributor |
The Sunday Programme | 1996 | TV Series | Himself |
The Last Party | 1993 | Documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
Carpool, August 21, 1992 | 1992 | Video short | Himself |
Convention ’92 | 1992 | Documentary | Himself |
Feed | 1992 | Documentary | Himself |
Crossfire | 1988 | TV Series | Himself – Host |
The Capital Gang | 1988 | TV Series | Himself |
Firing Line | 1978 | TV Series | Himself – For the Negative |
Hannity | 2012-2016 | TV Series | Himself |
The Eighties | 2016 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself – Fmr White House Communications Director / Himself – Fmr Host, ‘Crossfire’ |
Race for the White House | 2016 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
The McLaughlin Group | 1982-2016 | TV Series | Himself |
Midnight Ride: When Rogue Politicians Call for Martial Law | 2015 | Documentary | Himself |
Meet the Press | 2005-2015 | TV Series | Himself / Himself – Commentator |
The Seventies | 2015 | TV Series documentary | Himself – Senior Advisor to Pres. Nixon / Himself – Senior advisor to Pres. Nixon |
The Day the ’60s Died | 2015 | TV Movie documentary | |
The Raising of America | 2015 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself – White House Adviser 1969-1974 |
Washington in the ’80s | 2014 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
Bombs Away: LBJ, Goldwater and the 1964 Campaign That Changed It All | 2014 | TV Movie documentary | Himself – Former Nixon Aide |
The Colbert Report | 2008-2014 | TV Series | Himself – Guest / Himself |
Cavuto on Business | 2014 | TV Series | Himself (segment “Halftime – Full Throttle”) / Himself – Former Reagan & Nixon Advisor |
On the Record w/ Brit Hume | 2004-2013 | TV Series | Himself |
Molon Labe | 2013 | Documentary | Himself |
Family Guys? What Sitcoms Say About America Now | 2012 | TV Movie documentary | Himself – Conservative |
Huckabee | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
Ulmefilm | 2012 | Documentary | Himself |
Happening Now | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
America Live | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie | 2012 | Documentary | Himself – Conservative Commentator |
CBS This Morning | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
Patriocracy | 2011 | Documentary | Himself – Author & Political Commentator, MSNBC |
SPOiLER: How a Third Political Party Could Win | 2011 | Documentary | Himself – Political Analyst |
Reagan | 2011 | Documentary | Himself – Reagan Communications Director |
Miss Representation | 2011 | Documentary | Himself |
JFK: The Making of Modern Politics | 2010 | TV Movie documentary | Himself – Nixon Aide 1966-1974 |
Hardball with Chris Matthews | 2003-2010 | TV Series | Himself |
‘Hick’ Town | 2009 | Documentary | Himself |
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
Fighting Words | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
Mile High: How to Win… and Lose… the White House | 2009 | Documentary | Himself – Interviewee |
IFC News: 2008 Uncut | 2008 | TV Series | Himself |
America’s Choice | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
The O’Reilly Factor | 2004-2008 | TV Series | Himself |
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson | 2008 | Documentary | Himself |
Morning Joe | 2008 | TV Series | Himself |
Tucker | 2005-2007 | TV Series | Himself |
Independent Lens | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
1968 with Tom Brokaw | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (as Patrick J. Buchanan) |
Kike Like Me | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
America at a Crossroads | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
Encore with John Palmer | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
The Daily Show | 2000-2006 | TV Series | Himself |
Real Time with Bill Maher | 2004-2006 | TV Series | Himself |
Lake of Fire | 2006 | Documentary | Himself – Republican Presidential Candidate |
Dateline NBC | 2006 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
Face the Nation | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
Scarborough Country | 2004-2006 | TV Series | Himself / Himself – Guest Host |
An Unreasonable Man | 2006 | Documentary | Himself |
Brian Williams Reports: John Kerry: Bringing the War Home | 2004 | Documentary | Himself |
Da Ali G Show | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
Buchanan & Press | 2002 | TV Series | Co-Host |
Election 2000 | 2001 | Video documentary | Himself – Presidential Candidate (as Patrick J. Buchanan) |
Mr. Smithereen Goes to Washington | 2001 | Documentary | Himself |
George Wallace: Settin’ the Woods on Fire | 2000 | Documentary | Himself |
Archive Footage
Won Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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1995 | CableACE | CableACE Awards | Program Interviewer | Crossfire (1982) |
Nominated Awards
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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1989 | ACE | CableACE Awards | Program Interviewer | Crossfire (1982) |
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