President-elect James Buchanan had no idea what was happening to his body. But political Washington had its suspicions.

Buchanan presided over the dissolution of the Union. His faith that the legal system would resolve the slavery issue locked him into inaction. Most historians blame Buchanan for hastening the ...

Challenges: At the time of James Buchanan’s election, the Union itself was at stake, as the South was now actively threatening secession with the rise of the Republican Party. The continuing issue of ...

On a windy day in the late winter of 1861, Abraham Lincoln was sworn in as the 16th president of the United States, replacing Lancaster’s James Buchanan ... to preserve slavery at the expense ...

James Buchanan barely won the presidency. The nation was roiling in the debate over slavery. So when Buchanan became gravely ill before his inaugural address, it wasn’t a stretch to suspect an ...

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - We look now to “Old Buck” - James ... to ban slavery in federal territories. This decision ...

Although Buchanan was sympathetic to the pro-slavery elements, as the casualty count increased ... BookNote: The most recent biography of Buchanan is Jean H. Baker’s aptly titled James Buchanan: The ...

Center spread from the September 14, 1872 Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. Cartoon shows Ulysses S. Grant voting for James Buchanan and Extension of Slavery in 1856. Contains quotations from ...

Not widely beloved, a Northerner who was deeply sympathetic to the South and to slavery, Buchanan was ... smell in 1857 Washington. “When James Buchanan took the oath of office, there was ...