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James Buchanan
James Buchanan was the 15th president of the United States from 1857 to 1861. The last president to serve before the American Civil War, Buchanan was a supporter of the right of states to permit slavery, and generally favored the interests of slave states. His administration's support for the pro-slavery Lecompton Constitution in Kansas, and his response to the secession crisis, exacerbated the se…
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politics · President of the United States from 1857 to 1861 · politician · diplomat · lawyer · statesperson · ambassador · also James Buchanan, President Buchanan, J. Buchanan, James Buchanan, Jr., J. Buchanan, Jr., Buchanan
Born 23 April 1791 · Died 1 June 1868 · Q12325
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2026· 14 entries
“We have just as little right to interfere with slavery in the South, as we have to touch the right of petition.”
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Legacy obituary: James Buchanan Obituary (2026) - Atlanta, GA - Willie A. Watkins Funeral Home, Inc. - West End Chapel
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Chambersburg Public Opinion: Photos | James Buchanan athletes open the fall season
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ca.news.yahoo.com: State Rep. James Buchanan defeats Rohe to win District 22 Senate seat
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Florida Politics: Nick Pachota wins GOP Primary, advances bid to succeed James Buchanan in HD 74
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Florida Politics: 4 candidates vie for GOP nomination in HD 74 to succeed James Buchanan
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MaxPreps: James Buchanan High School (Mercersburg, PA) Volleyball
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MaxPreps: Schedule - James Buchanan Rockets (Mercersburg, PA) Football 26-27
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Corpus Christi Caller-Times: James Buchanan Obituary - Corpus Christi Caller-Times
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: James Buchanan - 15th President, Sectionalism, Compromise
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AOL: Visiting James Buchanan’s birthplace during Route 30 road trip through Franklin County
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The Patriot-News: James Buchanan boys tennis tops Susquehanna Township for first win of the season
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Penn Live: James Buchanan boys basketball slips past Susquehanna Township
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1986· 1 entry
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences — for his development of the contractual and constitutional bases for the theory of economic and political decision-making.
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1962· 2 entries
There were questions raised on whether Buchanan's actions were justifiable
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Klein wrote that Buchanan's "many talents, which in a quieter era might have gained for him a place among the great presidents, were quickly overshadowed by the cataclysmic events of civil war and by the towering Abraham
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1955· 1 entry
That marriage was something the president "purposely shunned throughout the remainder of his life" and added how keeping Coleman's letters until dying suggested "he never fully recovered from the crushing effect of her d
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1911· 1 entry
On the site of Buchanan's birthplace in Stony Batter, Pennsylvania
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1868· 5 entries
Of respiratory failure at the age of 77 at his Lancaster Township home at Wheatland
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Died 1868-06-01.
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“Liberty must be allowed to work out its natural results; and these will, ere long, astonish the world.”
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“What is right and what is practicable are two different things.”
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“Sir, if you are as happy in entering the White House as I shall feel on returning to Wheatland, you are a happy man indeed.”
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1862· 1 entry
Defended himself in an exchange of letters with Winfield Scott, published in the National Intelligencer
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1859· 1 entry
With the Illinois legislature, elected in 1858, determining whether Douglas would win re-election
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1858· 3 entries
Buchanan transmitted the Lecompton Constitution to Congress and recommended Kansas's admission under it
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But renamed Stephens County, after the newly elected vice president of the Confederate States of America, Alexander Stephens, in 1861
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Buchanan ordered the Paraguay expedition to punish Paraguay for firing on the USS Water Witch, ordering 2,500 marines and 19 warships there
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1857· 2 entries
Taking the oath of office from Chief Justice Roger B
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Career landmark: President of the United States (1857–1861).
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1856· 1 entry
Career landmark: President-elect of the United States (1856–1857).
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1855· 1 entry
As Buchanan's desire to return home grew, Pierce asked him to hold the fort in London in light of the relocation of a British fleet to the Caribbean
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1852· 2 entries
And six months later, Buchanan accepted the position of United States Minister to the United Kingdom, a position that represented a step backward in his career and that he had twice previously rejected
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Was named president of the board of trustees of Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, and served in this capacity until 1866
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1850· 1 entry
The United States and the United Kingdom signed the Clayton–Bulwer Treaty, which committed both countries to joint control of any future canal that would connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through Central America
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1845· 3 entries
And eight years later was appointed as President Franklin Pierce's minister to the United Kingdom
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Career landmark: United States senator (1845–1845).
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Career landmark: United States Secretary of State (1845–1849).
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1844· 1 entry
Buchanan became a regular contender for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination
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1843· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1843–1845).
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1841· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1841–1843).
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1839· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1839–1841).
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1837· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1837–1839).
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1836· 1 entry
And 1842, opposed the re-chartering of the Second Bank of the United States and supported efforts to expunge a congressional censure of Jackson stemming from the Bank War
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1835· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1835–1837).
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1834· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States senator (1834–1835).
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1833· 1 entry
And the 1840s, he spoke of plans to marry, but these came to nothing and may merely have been due to his ambitions for a seat in the federal Senate or the White House
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1832· 2 entries
President Jackson offered Buchanan the position of United States Ambassador to Russia
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Career landmark: United States ambassador to the Russian Empire (1832–1833).
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1831· 1 entry
Buchanan declined a nomination for the 22nd United States Congress
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1823· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States representative (1823–1831).
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1821· 1 entry
Career landmark: United States representative (1821–1823).
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1820· 1 entry
And served for five terms, aligning with Andrew Jackson's Democratic Party
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1819· 2 entries
Died at her sister's home in Philadelphia at age 23
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Buchanan was busy with his law firm and political projects during the Panic of 1819, which took him away from Coleman for weeks at a time.
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1818· 1 entry
Buchanan met Anne Caroline Coleman at a grand ball in Lancaster, and the two began courting
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1815· 1 entry
Defended District Judge Walter Franklin in an impeachment trial before the Pennsylvania Senate, over alleged judicial misconduct
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1814· 2 entries
Career landmark: member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1814–1816).
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Was elected as a Federalist to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and became its youngest member
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1812· 1 entry
Buchanan passed the bar exam and remained in Lancaster when Harrisburg became the new capital of Pennsylvania
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1808· 1 entry
Was nearly expelled for disorderly conduct
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1791· 1 entry
Born 1791-04-23.
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