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 ...

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

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).

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 ...

Buchanan also explained why he wasn’t actively involved in the secession battle as president. “It is beyond the power of any president, no matter what may be his own political proclivities, to ...

Buchanan was a five-time member of the House of Representatives, secretary of state under President James Polk, and U.S. minister to Great Britain.

Buchanan had his detractors, like President Andrew Jackson, but not everyone hated him. After all, he was elected president in 1856. But this Northern Democrat’s sympathies with the slave ...

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.