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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 Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name.

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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 State to date who served as President of the United States. After Buchanan turned down an offer to sit on the Supreme Court, President Franklin Pierce, appointed him ambassador to the United Kingdom, in which capacity he helped to draft the Ostend Manifesto.

The Democratic Party nominated Buchanan in the presidential election of 1856. The crossfire of sectional politics that dominated the country caught not Buchanan, stationed in London as minister to the Court of Saint James's during the term of Pierce. His subsequent election victory took place in a three-man race with John C. Frémont and Millard Fillmore. As President, he was often called a "doughface", a Northerner with Southern sympathies, who battled with Stephen A. Douglas for control of the Democratic Party. Buchanan's efforts to maintain peace between the North and the South alienated both sides, and the Southern states declared their secession in the prologue to the American Civil War. Buchanan's view of record was that secession was illegal, but that going to war to stop it was also illegal. Buchanan, an attorney, was noted for his mantra, "I acknowledge no master but the law."

The Democratic Party split popular opinion before the time when he left office. Buchanan, a president, once aspired to rank in history with George Washington. His inability to identify a ground for peace or to address the sharply divided pro-slavery and anti-slavery partisans with a unifying principle on the brink of the Civil War, however, led historians to rank him consistently among the worst presidents in American history. Historians in both 2006 and 2009 voted his failure to deal with secession the worst presidential mistake ever made.

He is, to date, the only president from Pennsylvania and the only president to remain a lifelong bachelor. He was the last president born in the 18th century. ...more

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	Mr. Buchanan's Administration On The Eve Of The Rebellion (1866) 2.71 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1866 — 83 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	State of the Union Addresses of James Buchanan it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2008 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Message Of The President Of The United States: Communicating Information In Relation To The Massacre At Mountain Meadows And Other Massacres In Utah Territory (1860) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	James Buchanan's Mission To Russia, 1831-1833: His Speeches, State Papers And Private Correspondence 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Indian Affairs in Oregon and Washington Territories 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1988	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A letter to the Right Honourable the Earl of Durham, K.G.B., lord high commissioner and governor in chief of Her Majesty's North American possessions, &c., &c., &c. [microform]: calling His Lordship's attention to the advantages to be derived by allowi 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Short Answers to Reckless Fabrications, Against the Democratic Candidate for President, James Buchanan. 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Speech of Mr. Buchanan, of Pennsylvania: In Support of Mr. Benton's Resolutions, Respecting the Fortifications and Defence of the Country, in Senate, February 1& 2 1836 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1836 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Private Letters of Lieut.-General Scott, and Ex-President Buchanan's Reply 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2015 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“I have seldom met an intelligent person whose views were not narrowed and distorted by religion.”
― James Buchanan Jr.

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“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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