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James Buchanan: Impact and Legacy. Slavery made the presidency an incredibly difficult task in the mid-19th century. The debate over it disrupted American society. In this volatile atmosphere, strong presidential leadership might have saved the nation from civil war if it had been exercised early and firmly enough to warn off radicals on both ...
James Buchanan. Next in importance to the maintenance of the Constitution and the Union is the duty of preserving the Government free from the taint or even the suspicion of corruption. Public virtue is the vital spirit of republics, and history proves that when this has decayed and the love of money has usurped its place…the substance has ...
James Buchanan, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, is inaugurated as the nation's fifteenth President. He enters office without a strong national mandate, having mustered support from only four of fourteen northern states and secured only 45.3 percent of the popular vote. Buchanan has served previously in Congress, as a secretary of state for ...
Apr 23, 2020 · And Buchanan came to the presidency under somewhat traditional but trying circumstances. He was a five-time member of the House of Representatives, secretary of state under President James Polk, and U.S. minister to Great Britain. At the Democratic convention in Cincinnati in 1856, Buchanan took the lead from the incumbent President, Franklin ...
James Buchanan, photograph by Mathew Brady. James Buchanan, (born April 23, 1791, near Mercersburg, Pa., U.S.—died June 1, 1868, near Lancaster), 15th president of the U.S. (1857–61). He was admitted to the bar in 1812 and soon established a successful law practice. He was elected to the Pennsylvania legislature in 1814 and later served in ...
James Buchanan was the last President born in the eighteenth century, on April 23, 1791. Although he was born in a log cabin, his origins were far from humble. His father, for whom he was named, had emigrated from Ireland a decade before, married Elizabeth Speer, and became a successful merchant in rural Pennsylvania, settling near Mercersburg ...
In March 1861, he retired to his Pennsylvania home Wheatland. In his final years, Buchanan supported the Union cause but critics castigated him for permitting secession. After the war, Buchanan published a book that defended his views of the Constitution and the actions he took toward the South during his presidency. He died on June 1, 1868.
