The Intimate World of James Buchanan and William Rufus King, says in the documentary. “The first time I saw Abraham Lincoln, he was at that time well and firmly built. His thighs were as perfect ...

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. At noon on March 4 — inauguration day ...

James Buchanan served as President of the United States from 1857 to 1861. The Union was torn asunder and it was now up to ...

Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860 as an opponent of slavery's expansion prompted South Carolina and six other states to secede and form the Confederacy while Buchanan was still in office ...

and a lame duck after Lincoln’s election, Buchanan’s actions were feckless and irresponsible. For example, he called for a Constitutional Convention to protect the rights of the slave-owners just as ...