The inaugural parade of 1857, on a March day that was surprisingly warm, celebrated President-elect James Buchanan with something new to Washington parades: floats. There was the “Goddess of ...

The very first known photograph of a presidential inauguration ceremony. Taken on March 4, 1857, it featured none other than Lancaster's own James Buchanan, the nation's 15th president.

On March 4, 1857, James Buchanan was sworn in as the 15th president of the United States, at the first presidential-inauguration ceremony to ever be photographed. John Wood, who worked as the ...

In the aftermath of James Buchanan’s inauguration, America became obsessed: Was the fatal illness called the “Buchanan Grip” an assassination attempt? Or just a disease-ridden hotel?

Hicks III At his inauguration on March 4, 1857, James Buchanan endorsed the Supreme Court’s upcoming decision in the case of Dred Scott v. Sanford. Scott was an enslaved African-American man who ...

James Buchanan is the only U.S. president from ... 1856 | Buchanan was elected the 15th president.March 4, 1857 | In his inaugural speech, Buchanan said he would try to end the "agitation" over ...

But inaugural addresses and analysis of the ... until photography became more frequently used. James Buchanan was the first president to have a photograph taken at his swearing-in.

Scholars have explored many complicated questions about James Buchanan, Pennsylvania’s ... into Buchanan’s rail car as he traveled to his inauguration. Here, there are two tall pine trees ...