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The worlds of James Buchanan and Thaddeus Stevens : place, personality, and politics in the Civil War era

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22341

Date of Publication: [2019]

Call Number: 973.68 B619

Responsibility: edited by Michael J. Birkner, Randall M. Miller, and John W. Quist.

ISBN: 9780807170816 (cloth : alk. paper)

Place of Publication: Baton Rouge

Publisher: Louisiana State University Press,

Date of Publication: [2019]

Physical Description: xiv, 279 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Series: Conflicting worlds : new dimensions of the American Civil War

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Introduction : possessing the power : the role of force in James Buchanan's Caribbean policy / Amy S. Greenberg -- The bachelor's mess : James Buchanan and the domestic politics of doughfacery in Jacksonian America / Thomas J. Balcerski -- Stephen A. Douglas, free-soiler : a counterfactual analysis of party reformation in the 1850s / Douglas R. Egerton -- "General Jackson is dead" : dissecting a popular anecdote of nineteenth-century party leadership / Matthew Pinsker -- "Buck all over" : James Buchanan and a trail of broken relationships / William P. MacKinnon -- Slavery and the breakup of the Democratic Party in the North : a battle of ideas and organization / Frank Towers -- Friends and outliers : Varina Davis, James Buchanan, and gender relations in Antebellum Washington / Joan E. Cashin -- "Like the baseless fabric of a vision" : Thaddeus Stevens and confiscation reconsidered / John David Smith -- "Eastern and Western empire" : Thaddeus Stevens and the greater Reconstruction / Michael Green -- A conversation with Bruce Levine and James Oakes : moderated by Randall M. Miller.

Summary: "The Worlds of James Buchanan and Thaddeus Stevens examines the political interests, relationships, and practices of two of the era's most prominent politicians as well as the political landscapes they inhabited and informed. Both men called Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, their home, and both were bachelors. During the 1850s, James Buchanan tried to keep the Democratic Party alive as the slavery debate divided his peers and the political system. Thaddeus Stevens, meanwhile, as Whig turned Republican, invested in the federal government to encourage economic development and social reform, especially antislavery and Republican Reconstruction"--

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Political and social views.; Stevens, Thaddeus, - 1792-1868 - Political and social views.; Legislators - United States - Biography.; Politicians - United States - Biography.; United States - History - 1815-1861.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.; United States - Politics and government - 19th century.

Additional Author: Birkner, Michael J.,; Miller, Randall M.,; Quist, John W.,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.68 B619

Bosom friends : the intimate world of James Buchanan and William Rufus King

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Author: Balcerski, Thomas J.

Date of Publication: 2019.

Call Number: 973.68 B174

Responsibility: Thomas J. Balcerski.

ISBN: 9780190914592 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Author: Balcerski, Thomas J.

Place of Publication: New York, NY

Publisher: Oxford University Press,

Date of Publication: 2019.

Physical Description: x, 337 pages : Illustrations, maps : 25 cm.

Contents: Introduction: Remembering -- Leavening, 1786-1819 -- Hardening, 1820-1834 -- Messing, 1834-1840 -- Wooing, 1840-1844 -- Ministering, 1844-1848 -- Running, 1848-1853 -- Presiding, 1853-1868 -- Epilogue: Preserving -- Washington residences of James Buchanan and William Rufus King (1834-1853) -- Percentage correlation of roll call votes of James Buchanan with senators of the Bachelor's Mess, 23rd to 28th Congresses (1834-1844) -- Calendar of correspondence of James Buchanan / Harriet Lane Johnston and William Rufus King / Catherine Margaret Ellis (1837-1868.

Summary: "Politicians James Buchanan (1791-1868) of Pennsylvania and William Rufus King (1786-1853) of Alabama has excited much speculation through the years. Why did they never marry? Might they have been gay, or was their relationship a nineteenth-century version of the modern-day 'bromance'? Then, as now, they have intrigued by the many mysteries surrounding them. In Bosom Friends : the Intimate World of James Buchanan and William Rufus King, Thomas Balcerski explores the lives of these two politicians and discovers one of the most significant collaborations in American political history. Unlikely companions from the start, they lived together as messmates in a Washington, DC, boardinghouse. There developed a bosom friendship that blossomed into a significant political partnership. Before the Civil War, each man was elected to high executive office, William Rufus King the vice-presidency in 1852 and James Buchanan as the nation's fifteen president in 1856. This book offers a dual biography of James Buchanan and William Rufus King. Special attention is given to their early lives prior to elected office, the circumstances of their boardinghouse friendship, and the juicy political gossip that has circulated about them ever since. In addition, the author traces their many contributions to the Jacksonian political agenda, manifest destiny, and the debates over slavery, while finding their style of politics to have been disastrous for the American nation. Ultimately, Bosom Friends demonstrates that intimate male friendships among politicians were, and continue to be, an important part of success in American politics"-- Provided by publisher.

Subjects: King, William R. (William Rufus), - 1786-1853.; Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Male friendship - United States; Presidents - United States; Legislators - United States; United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.68 B174

Worst. President. Ever. : James Buchanan, the POTUS rating game, and the legacy of the least of the lesser presidents

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Author: Strauss, Robert,

Date of Publication: 2016.

Call Number: 923.173 B918str

Responsibility: Robert Strauss.

ISBN: 9781493024834; 1493024833

Author: Strauss, Robert,

Place of Publication: Guilford, Connecticut

Publisher: Lyons Press, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield,

Date of Publication: 2016.

Physical Description: xiv, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Introducing the worst. President. Ever -- The Young Buck -- Up from Lancaster -- The man who would be president, again and again -- The election of 1856: the most consequential in American history -- The worst presidency begins -- The middle Buchanan presidency: hardly better -- Mr. Buchanan's War -- The legacy of the least of the lesser presidents.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Presidents - United States - Biography.; Politics and government.; United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861.; United States.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.173 B918str

James Buchanan : fifteenth president of the United States

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Author: Brill, Marlene Targ.

Date of Publication: c1988.

Call Number: 923.173 B918br

Responsibility: by Marlene Targ Brill.

ISBN: 0516013580; 9780516013589

Author: Brill, Marlene Targ.

Place of Publication: Chicago

Publisher: Childrens Press,

Date of Publication: c1988.

Physical Description: 98 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Series: Encyclopedia of presidents

Notes: Includes index.

Summary: Describes the early life and political career of the man who served as president in the years just before the Civil War.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868; Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Presidents - United States - Biography - Juvenile literature.; Presidents.; United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861 - Juvenile literature.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.173 B918br

To what extent did Harriet Lance influence the public policies of James Buchanan?

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Author: Rosenberger, Homer Tope,

Date of Publication: 1970.

King of Spain." �The President Continues To Share Private Political Views With Harriet From the time he was United States Minister to the Court of St. James, Buchanan continued to confide in Harriet the political matters of the day. How could he do otherwise? Politics and the law were his life. Harriet

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Responsibility: by Homer T. Rosenberger.

Author: Rosenberger, Homer Tope,

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1970.

Physical Description: [1]-22 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 74, no. 1

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903.; Presidents - United States; United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 74, number 1 (1970), p. 1-22Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.74

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Message from the President of the United States to the two Houses of Congress, at the commencement of the first session of the thirty-sixth Congress

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Corporate Author: United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)

Date of Publication: 1860.

Call Number: 923.173 B918 1860 36th, 1st

Corporate Author: United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)

Place of Publication: Washington, [D.C.]

Publisher: George W. Bowman, printer,

Date of Publication: 1860.

Physical Description: v. ; 23 cm.

Series: 36th Congress. 1st session. Senate Ex. Doc ; no. 2

Notes: Library has Vol. 1 only.

Contents: v. 1. Annual message of the President ; Report of the Secretary of the Interior ; Report of the Secretary of War ; Report of the Secretary of the Navy ; Report of the Postmaster-General -- v. 2. Report of the Secretary of War --

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Presidents - United States - Messages.; Political science.; Presidents.; United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861 - Sources.; United States - History - 1849-1877 - Sources.; United States.; History.; Sources.

Additional Corporate Author: United States. Department of the Interior.; United States. War Department.; United States. Navy Department.; United States. Postmaster General.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 923.173 B918 1860 36th, 1st

The presidents' war : six American presidents and the Civil War that divided them

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19542

Author: DeRose, Chris

Date of Publication: 2014.

Call Number: 973.7092 D437d

Responsibility: Chris DeRose.

ISBN: 9780762796649; 0762796642

Author: DeRose, Chris

Place of Publication: Guilford, Connecticut

Publisher: Lyons Press, an imprint of Globe Pequot Press,

Date of Publication: 2014.

Physical Description: xii, 379 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-366) and index.

Summary: Tells the story of how five ex-presidents--for and against Abraham Lincoln (but mostly against)--maneuvered, seceded, plotted, advised and aided during the Civil War while Lincoln navigated the minefield they created.

Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, - 1809-1865 - Adversaries.; Lincoln, Abraham - (1809-1865).; Buchanan, James - (1791-1868).; Ex-presidents - United States; United States - Politics and government - 1861-1865.; United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.7092 D437d

James Buchanan and the coming of the Civil War

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17417

Date of Publication: c2013.

Call Number: 973.68 B918

Responsibility: edited by John W. Quist and Michael J. Birkner.

ISBN: 9780813044262 (alk. paper); 081304426X (alk. paper)

Place of Publication: Gainesville

Publisher: University Press of Florida,

Date of Publication: c2013.

Physical Description: x, 289 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Notes: Papers from a conference held at LancasterHistory.org in 2008. Presentation copy from the editors.; Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Introduction: Bum rap or bad leadership? -- James Buchanan, Dred Scott, and the whisper of conspiracy / Paul Finkelman -- Prelude to armageddon: James Buchanan, Brigham Young, and a president's initiation to bloodshed / William P. MacKinnon -- General Jackson is dead: James Buchanan, Stephen A. Douglas, and Kansas policy / Nicole Etcheson -- In defense of doughface diplomacy: a reevaluation of the foreign policy of James Buchanan / John M. Belohlavek -- President James Buchanan: executive leadership and the crisis of the democracy / Michael A. Morrison -- The South has been wronged: James Buchanan and the secession crisis / Jean H. Baker -- "In the midst of a great revolution": the northern response to the secession crisis / William G. Shade -- Joseph Holt, James Buchanan, and the secession crisis / Daniel W. Crofts -- A conversation with William W. Freehling and Michael F. Holt, September 19, 2008 / Moderated by John W. Quist -- Epilogue: James Buchanan's Civil War / Michael J. Birkner.

Summary: An edited volume examining the presidency of James Buchanan and his role engaging the complexities of the debate surrounding the president immediately before Lincoln.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.; United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861.

Additional Author: Quist, John W.; Birkner, Michael J.,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 973.68 B918

James Buchanan and public office : an appraisal

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11523

Author: Carlson, Robert Eugene

Date of Publication: 1957.

Call Number: 905.748 HSP v.81

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Responsibility: by Robert E. Carlson.

Author: Carlson, Robert Eugene

Place of Publication: Philadelphia, Pa

Publisher: Historical Society of Pennsylvania,

Date of Publication: 1957.

Physical Description: pp. 255-279 ; 23 cm.

Notes: In: Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, v.81 (1957); Discusses Buchanan's public service, and particularly his position on being nominated for the presidency over several years.; This record provides a link to this resuorce on the publisher's official online repository.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article

Call Number: 905.748 HSP v.81

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Diplomatic failure : James Buchanan's Inagural address / Michael L. Carrafiello

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16200

Author: Carrafiello, Michael L.

Author: Carrafiello, Michael L.

Physical Description: 145 -165 p.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868; Presidents - United States; United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861

Contained In: Pennsylvania History v.77, no.2, Spring 2010Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article905.748 PHA v.77, no.2

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