Protecting The Buchanan Papers Homer T. Rosenberger James Buchanan had extensive correspondence with men of note in the United States and in Europe. He was a methodical per- son and saved the letters he received. Unlike many public figures in America, Buchanan was in the habit of putting his

presidential elections of 1808 and 1812 substantiated this claim. The State maintained an unbrok- en loyalty to the national administration throughout this period. The first decade of the nineteenth century was marked by a suc- cession of Democratic Governors, United States Senators and Con- gressmen; and the

Lancaster Intelligencer of Feb. 3, 1857 ex- pected to hear "Old Buck" proclaim a democratic triumph in the city election against the Black Republican Know Nothings. Speculation would put good odds on "Old Buck" being fired when Buchanan left for Washington on March 2, 1857. He was escorted in a procession

IN LANCASTER COUNTY The United States has had a long history of third-party movements, which, despite their usual small vote, have played a significant role in American political history and have made their contribution to the main- tenance of government by unanimity.' The first major third-party

James Buchanan, 1854-1906, m. 1879 Thomasine Thomas Patty, 1856-1861 Nellie, 1858-1859 Richard Jenkins, 1860-1862 Elliot Eskridge, 1862-1917 James Buchanan Henry, nephew of the president, had eight sons: Dr. Reginald B. Henry, b. 1881, of Norfolk, Virginia; Capt. MC USN, and seven others. From Dr. R. B

Jeffersonians throughout the United States. But for the Fed- �eralists the Lancaster system of political behavior was most unusual, con- trasting strikingly with the Federalists' wonted contempt for and fear of organized political action which presupposed cooperation and uniformity. By 1810 the Federalist party