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    James Buchanan

    President of the United States from 1857 to 1861

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  1. www.britannica.com › biography › James-BuchananJames Buchanan | Facts & Accomplishments | Britannica

    May 28, 2024 · James Buchanan was the 15th president of the United States (1857–61). A moderate Democrat well endowed with legal knowledge and experience in government, he lacked the soundness of judgment and conciliatory personality to deal effectively with the slavery crisis and failed to avert the American Civil War (1861–65).

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  3. www.thoughtco.com › things-to-know-about-james10 Interesting Facts About James Buchanan - ThoughtCo

    • Bachelor President. James Buchanan was the only president who was never married. He had been engaged to a woman named Anne Colman. However, in 1819 after a fight, she called off the engagement.
    • Fought in the War of 1812. Buchanan began his professional career as a lawyer but decided to volunteer for a company of dragoons to fight in the War of 1812.
    • Supporter of Andrew Jackson. Buchanan was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives after the War of 1812. He was not reelected after serving one term and instead returned to his law practice.
    • Key Diplomat. Buchanan was seen as a key diplomat by a number of presidents. Jackson rewarded Buchanan's loyalty by making him the minister to Russia in 1831.

  4. millercenter.org › president › buchananJames Buchanan: Impact and Legacy | Miller Center

    James Buchanan was a talented and skillful politician. He also was honest, had considerable legal ability, and could balance varying coalition agendas. In a different time, he might have been a successful President, but he was no match for the forces that tore at the country in the late 1850s.

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › James_BuchananJames Buchanan - Wikipedia

    James Buchanan Jr. (/ b j uː ˈ k æ n ə n / bew-KAN-ən; April 23, 1791 – June 1, 1868) was an American lawyer, diplomat, and politician who served as the 15th president of the United States from 1857 to 1861.

  6. www.history.com › topics › us-presidentsJames Buchanan - HISTORY

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    • James Buchanan’s Early Years and Personal Life. James Buchanan was born on April 23, 1791, in Cove Gap, Pennsylvania, to James Buchanan Sr. (1761-1833), a merchant who had emigrated from Ireland, and Elizabeth Speer Buchanan (1767-1833).
    • Senator and Diplomat. In 1834, after returning from Europe the previous year, James Buchanan was elected to represent his home state in the U.S. Senate.
    • Election of 1856. In 1854, President Pierce signed the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which created two new territories and allowed settlers to determine whether they would enter the Union as free states or slave states.
    • James Buchanan in the White House. Once in office, James Buchanan appointed a cabinet composed of Northerners and Southerners and hoped to keep peace between the country’s pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions.

  7. www.americanhistorycentral.com › entries › jamesJames Buchanan Facts, Accomplishments, 15th President

    Aug 11, 2023 · James Buchanan served as Minister to Great Britain from 1853 to 1856 during the administration of President Franklin Pierce. James Buchanan helped draft the Ostend Manifesto in 1853, strongly suggesting that if Spain refused to sell Cuba, the United States should seize the island by force.

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  9. www.whitehouse.gov › presidents › james-buchananJames Buchanan | The White House

    James Buchanan, the 15th President of the United States (1857-1861), served immediately prior to the American Civil War. He remains the only President to be elected from Pennsylvania and to...