In the James Buchanan Presidential Library, you’ll find an invitation to his Inauguration Ball in 1857, the first and only inauguration for a president from Pennsylvania. There are letters to ...

Buchanan became severely ill and almost died from an illness that was spread throughout his hotel in Washington, where he traveled for meetings as president-elect. In his inaugural address ...

with a particular focus on Nobel laureate James Buchanan, often credited as one of the founders of “public choice” economics. As MacLean tells it, Buchanan’s work was profoundly anti ...

at a town hall meeting with students at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., where James Buchanan taught. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) Analysis by Georg Vanberg The ongoing discussion of Nobel ...

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. Sign up for our Newsletters ...

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - We look now to “Old Buck” - James Buchanan. Prior to becoming the 15th president, Buchanan practiced law in Pennsylvania and was elected to the Pennsylvania ...

James Buchanan is often saddled with the title of "the worst US president", blamed for not averting the Civil War - but efforts are being made to reassess his legacy. How bad was he really?

President James Buchanan thought that a binding Supreme Court decision legitimizing slavery would bring the country together. Currier & Ives Lithography Company, after Mathew B. Brady/National ...

Detail of portrait of President James Buchanan by artist George Peter Alexander Healy National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the National Gallery of Art; gift of the A.W ...

James Buchanan is often saddled with the title of "the worst US president", blamed for not averting the Civil War - but efforts are being made to reassess his legacy. How bad was he really?