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James Buchanan: Campaigns and Elections. By William Cooper. The Campaign and Election of 1856: The Kansas-Nebraska Act had poisoned the careers of both men who had supported it—Franklin Pierce and Stephen Douglas: Douglas would be a serious contender for the Democratic nomination in 1856, with strong support from the South and the West, but ...
Aug 9, 2023 · James Buchanan, Jr. (April 23, 1791 – June 1, 1868) was the 15th President of the United States from 1857–1861 and the last to be born in the 18th century. To date he is the only president from the state of Pennsylvania and the only bachelor. He was not given a middle name. A popular and experienced state politician and very successful ...
Jul 3, 2019 · James Buchanan. Hulton Archive / Getty Images. Life span: Born: April 23, 1791, Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. Died: June 1, 1868, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Presidential term: March 4, 1857 - March 4, 1861. Accomplishments: Buchanan served his one term as president in the years just prior to the Civil War, and most of his presidency was spent trying ...
May 23, 1975 · This book on the presidency of James Buchanan, as with the others in this series, is relatively short (under 200 pages), and is not meant to be a biography of Buchanan. It does, however, present an adequate discussion of the highlights of the Buchanan presidency in the political, economic and social context of the times.
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- Elbert B. Smith
United States presidential election of 1856, American presidential election held on Nov. 4, 1856, in which Democrat James Buchanan defeated Republican John C. Frémont with 174 electoral votes to Frémont’s 114. Whig and former president Millard Fillmore, who ran on the Know-Nothing ticket, garnered
James Buchanan was appointed Secretary of State by President James K. Polk on March 6, 1845. Buchanan entered duty on March 10, 1845, and left the position on March 7, 1849. After an unsuccessful bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1852, Buchanan secured the nomination in 1856 and was elected President.
Near the end of his presidency, Johnson rejoined the Democratic Party. [42] ^ Chester A. Arthur succeeded to the presidency upon the death of James A. Garfield. [47] ^ Theodore Roosevelt succeeded to the presidency upon the death of William McKinley. [52] ^ Calvin Coolidge succeeded to the presidency upon the death of Warren G. Harding.
