The Buchanan-Jackson Party -- The fight for the spoils -- The culmination of a congressional career. 6. Reluctant Diplomate (1831-1833). The politics of the Russian mission -- St. Petersburg -- The ...

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.

Buchanan's faith that the legal system would resolve the slavery issue locked him into inaction.

James Buchanan served as President of the United States from 1857 to 1861. The Union was torn asunder and it was now up to incoming President Abraham Lincoln to handle the worst crisis the nation ...

If Senator Stephen Arnold (“Little Giant”) Douglas and President James Buchanan had not quarreled over slavery in Kansas, a united Democracy would have nominated Douglas for President at ...