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James Buchanan


Born
in Cove Gap, Pennsylvania, The United States
April 23, 1791

Died
June 01, 1868


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James Buchanan, Jr., the fifteenth president of the United States from 1857 to 1861, served immediately prior to the Civil War. He tried to maintain a balance between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions, but his moderate views angered radicals in both the North and South, and he failed to forestall the secession of South Carolina on December 20, 1860.

Before his presidency, he represented Pennsylvania in the House of Representatives and later in the Senate, and then served as minister to Russia under President Andrew Jackson. He served as Secretary of State under James Knox Polk, the last former Secretary of Stat
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Mr. Buchanan's Administrati...

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State of the Union Addresse...

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Message Of The President Of...

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James Buchanan's Mission To...

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Indian Affairs in Oregon an...

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A letter to the Right Honou...

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Short Answers to Reckless F...

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Speech of Mr. Buchanan, of ...

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The Private Letters of Lieu...

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First State of the Union Ad...

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“I have seldom met an intelligent person whose views were not narrowed and distorted by religion.”
James Buchanan Jr.

“The fact is that our Union rests upon public opinion and can never be cemented by the blood of its citizens...If it can not live in the affections of its people, it must die.”
President James Buchanan

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