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President Pierce's ministers at the Court of S. James

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Author: Donovan, Theresa A.

Author: Donovan, Theresa A.

Physical Description: 457-470.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.; Johnston, Harriet Lane, d 1830-1903.; United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861.; Great Britain - Politics and government - 1837-1901.

Contained In: v. 91, 1967Lancaster History Library - Book905.748 HSP v. 91

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

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20514

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

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo13070

Author: Baker, Jean H.

Edition: 1st ed.

Date of Publication: 2004.

Call Number: 923.173 B918ba

Responsibility: Jean H. Baker.

ISBN: 0805069461

Author: Baker, Jean H.

Edition: 1st ed.

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Times Books,

Date of Publication: 2004.

Physical Description: xviii, 172 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Series: The American presidents

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-161) and index.

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

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.173 B918ba

The Presidency of James Buchanan

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Author: Smith, Elbert B.

Date of Publication: [1975]

Call Number: 923.173 B918s

Responsibility: by Elbert B. Smith.

ISBN: 0700601325

Author: Smith, Elbert B.

Place of Publication: Lawrence

Publisher: University Press of Kansas,

Date of Publication: [1975]

Physical Description: xiii, 225 p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 25 cm.

Series: American Presidency series

Notes: Includes index.; Bibliography: p. 209-217.

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

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.173 B918s

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.

Administration of her bachelor uncle, James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States. — From the Col- lections of the Library of Congress. �A hostess with little perceptivity and restraint would have soon placed the President in embarrassing situations. Because of her good judgment a number of Buchanan's

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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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James Buchanan and the political crisis of the 1850s

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo59

Date of Publication: c1996.

Call Number: 923.173 B918bir

Responsibility: edited by Michael J. Birkner.

ISBN: 094563689X (alk. paper)

Place of Publication: Selinsgrove [Pa.] : London ; Cranbury, NJ

Publisher: Susquehanna University Press ; Associated University Presses,

Date of Publication: c1996.

Physical Description: 215 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-209) and index.

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

Additional Author: Birkner, Michael J.,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.173 B918bir

James Buchanan and his cabinet on the eve of secession

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Author: Auchampaugh, Philip Gerald.

Date of Publication: 1926.

Call Number: 923.173 B918a

Responsibility: by Philip Gerald Auchampaugh ...

Author: Auchampaugh, Philip Gerald.

Place of Publication: [Lancaster, Pa.]

Publisher: Priv. Print.,

Date of Publication: 1926.

Physical Description: ix, 224 p. front. (port.) 24 cm.

Notes: Label attached to t.-p.: This volume, subsequently expanded by the results of further research, was a dissertation submitted to the Graduate board of Clark university ... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy ... [1926]; Bibliography: p. 202-210.

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

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.173 B918a

James Buchanan, the patronage, and the northern Democratic Party, 1857-1858

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Author: Meerse, David Edward,

Date of Publication: 1969.

Call Number: 923.173 B918me

Author: Meerse, David Edward,

Place of Publication: Urbana, Ill

Date of Publication: 1969.

Physical Description: viii, 601 l. ; 28 cm.

Notes: Bibliography: l. 591-600.; Photocopy. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms, 1983. 21 cm.

Subjects: Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868; Democratic Party (U.S.) - Northeastern States.; Democratic Party (U.S.) - Northwest, Old.; United States - Politics and government - 1857-1861.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.173 B918me

Message from the President of the United States to the two houses of Congress : at the commencement of the second 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 2nd

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

Place of Publication: Washington

Publisher: G.W. Bowman, printer,

Date of Publication: 1860.

Physical Description: v. ; 23 cm.

Series: 36th Cong., 2d Sess. House of Representatives. Ex. doc.

Notes: Includes reports of heads of departments.; On spine: Message and documents, 1860-1861 part 1.; Library has: v. 1.

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

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 923.173 B918 1860 36th 2nd

Message from the President of the United States to the two houses of Congress at the commencement of the second session of the thirty-sixth Congress

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16223

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

Date of Publication: 1860.

Call Number: 923.173 B918 1860

Alternate Title: Message of the President of the United States, December 3, 1860; Annual message of the President

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

Place of Publication: Washington

Publisher: George W. Bowman,

Date of Publication: 1860.

Physical Description: 28 p. ; 23 cm.

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

Location: Lancaster History Library - Rare Books

Call Number: 923.173 B918 1860

Man on a tightrope : an appraisal of Buchanan as President

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Author: Klein, Frederic Shriver,

Date of Publication: 1966.

Call Number: 923.173

Responsibility: Frederic S. Klein.

Author: Klein, Frederic Shriver,

Place of Publication: Gettysburg, Pa

Publisher: Historical Times,

Date of Publication: 1966.

Physical Description: 15 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Notes: "This article first appeared in American History Illustrated magazine."

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

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 923.173

James Buchanan and the coming of the Civil War

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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

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