James+Buchanan

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=(James Buchanan)=



=__Biographical Information:__=

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==__Biographical Sketch:__Buchanan was a Representative and a Senator from Pennsylvania. He was born in a log cabin at Cove Gap, near Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, on april 231791, to James Buchanan and Elizabeth Speer as the second of ten children (two of whom did not survive past infancy). The Buchanan family claims direct descent from King James 1 scoland. In 1802, he moved to Mercersburg with his parents, where he was privately tutored. He later attended the village academy and graduated from Dickinson college in carlisle==

=__Political Experience__=
 * march 4 1857
 * march 4 1861

=__Presidential Administration__=

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=__Domestic Affairs__= .
 * A Life in Brief:** In the 1850s, the question of slavery divided the United States. Hopes ran high that the new President, "Old Buck," might be the man to avert national crisis. He failed entirely. During his administration, the Union broke apart, and when he left office, civil war threatened.

=__Foreign Affairs__=

The sectional crisis and threat of civil war meant that James Buchanan could not pursue an activist foreign policy. Virtually his entire foreign policy was focused on strengthening the influence of the United States in nations to the south of it. He told Congress in 1858, "It is, beyond

=__Famous Quotes__= If you arre as happy in entering the White House as I shall feel on returning to Wheatland, you are a happy man indeed.” What is right and what is practicable are two different things

=__Interesting Facts__= James Buchanan's average historical ranking by scholars considering presidential achievements, leadership qualities, failures and faults (such as corruption), place him among the two or three worst Presidents in history.

=__Presidential Timeline__= Include a chronological timeline of the most important historical and political events that occured during your president's administration.
 * march 4 1857
 * march 4 1861

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