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 ...

Bay Buchanan's "The Extreme Makeover of Hillary (Rodham) Clinton" cannot be considered a serious biography.

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 ...

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 ...

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

Buchanan started working to influence the outcome of the Dred Scott decision in early February 1857, writes Jean H. Baker in her biography of the fifteenth American president.

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.