Buchanan's faith that the legal system would resolve the slavery issue locked him into inaction. ' ... President James Buchanan, 1857. Library of Congress. Terms: 1857-1861 ...

Buchanan, though, was an irrepressible thorn in Polk's side. He continually undermined the president and made his job more difficult (or, at least, that's how Merry painted him in the Polk biography).

The President and the Press.; TO WHOM MR. BUCHANAN IS RESPONSIBLE ACRIMONIOUS ASSAULTS DEPRECATED. Share full article. May 11, 1860.

James Buchanan is the only U.S. president from the Susquehanna Valley.He was born and raised in Franklin County, and he lived in Lancaster for most of his adult life.News 8 went to ...

If Senator Stephen Arnold (“Little Giant”) Douglas and President James Buchanan had not quarreled over slavery in Kansas, a united Democracy would have nominated Douglas for President at ...

In 1844, Buchanan ran for president but lost the Democratic nomination to James K. Polk. In 1845, Buchanan was named President Polk’s Secretary of State, and he played a hand in negotiating the ...

But Buchanan, smiling tightly amid all the pomp, was hiding a roiling sickness. He was staying at Washington’s posh National Hotel. And he and most of his entourage that slept there the night ...

Until one sunny day in early June, the Scribbler never had visited Cove Gap, the place where James Buchanan, Lancaster’s only and Pennsylvania’s first president (1857-1861) opened his eyes for ...

What Ex-President Buchanan is About. Share full article. Nov. 10, 1861. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from November 10, 1861, Page 8 Buy Reprints.

LancasterHistory and Woodward Hill Cemetery held the annual wreath-laying ceremony in commemoration of President James Buchanan’s birthday Saturday.This respectful event honors the legacy of the ...

The inaugural parade of 1857, on a March day that was surprisingly warm, celebrated President-elect James Buchanan with something new to Washington parades: floats.