In 1856, Buchanan would run for president once again. Due to his service abroad and his absence during domestic ... This ...

Legacy: Generally, James Buchanan is regarded as the worst American president. Though it is hard to know what he could have done during the “Secession Winter” of 1860–61 (when the Confederacy formed ...

But Buchanan ... during the inaugural ceremonies from the effects of what was then known as the National Hotel disease,” his nephew James Buchanan Henry wrote years later. The president-elect ...

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 ... nation. During that ride, Buchanan reportedly ...