An incident that occurred just a month before James Buchanan left office in early 1861 would influence history's assessment of him for decades—in a negative way. On that day, a formal declaratio...
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James Buchanan (1791-1868) was the fifteenth president of the United States. His administration was dominated by fighting between pro-and antislavery forces. In 1860, at the close of his term in offic...
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President James Buchanan
James Buchanan