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 ...

As for slavery, Slaymaker says Buchanan thought ... “There is no such person running as James Buchanan. He is dead of lockjaw. Nothing remains but a platform and a bloated mass of political ...

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 ...

Most historians accord that dishonor to James Buchanan, the pro-slavery Pennsylvanian who did nothing to avert Southern secession and the Civil War. If Trump isn’t careful, he’ll displace ...

James Buchanan is the only U.S. president from the ... which emphasized non-intervention on slavery in the territories.November 1856 | Buchanan was elected the 15th president.March 4, 1857 ...

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 ...

It was to play a part in honoring Pennsylvania’s only U.S. president, Lancaster’s own James ... clear that Buchanan, struggling to save the nation as it split into the pro-slavery South ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Most historians accord that dishonor to James Buchanan, the pro-slavery Pennsylvanian who did nothing to avert Southern secession and the ...