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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
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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
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Papers of James Buchanan and Harriet L. Johnston

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Author
Buchanan, James,
Date of Publication
1977.
Call Number
Drawer 17, Sec. 1
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Author
Buchanan, James,
Place of Publication
[Washington, D.C.]
Publisher
Library of Congress Photoduplication Service,
Date of Publication
1977.
Physical Description
4 reels ; 35 mm.
Notes
Labeled on box #340-343
"Mss. 16,968."
Includes index: reel 1.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Presidents - United States
United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861 - Sources.
Additional Author
Johnston, Harriet Lane,
Location
Lancaster History Library - Microfilm
Call Number
Drawer 17, Sec. 1
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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
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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
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James Buchanan : fifteenth president of the United States

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17589
Author
Brill, Marlene Targ.
Date of Publication
c1988.
Call Number
923.173 B918br
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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
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In search of Buchanan : 'Clarior hinc honos' : the stories of some Buchanan ancestors before and after the emigration of James Buchanan of Ramelton, County Donegal, Ireland, in 1783

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Author
Martin, Irene.
Date of Publication
2011.
Call Number
923.173 B918ma
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Irene Martin.
ISBN
9780956797902
0956797903
Author
Martin, Irene.
Place of Publication
[Ireland]
Publisher
Rossnashannagh,
Date of Publication
2011.
Physical Description
iii, 152, [17] pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), portraits (some color), facsimiles ; 25 cm
Notes
Sub-title on cover: from Anselan to President James Buchanan.
"Some of these stories are incorporated in the BBC1 TV documentary, 'Are you related to an American President?', produced by Big Mountain Productions."
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Buchanan family.
Scotland - Genealogy.
Ireland - Genealogy.
United States - Genealogy.
Ireland.
Scotland.
United States.
Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.173 B918ma
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James Buchanan and the American empire

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Author
Binder, Frederick M.
Date of Publication
c1994
Call Number
923.173 B918bi
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Responsibility
Frederick Moore Binder.
ISBN
0945636644 (alk. paper)
Author
Binder, Frederick M.
Place of Publication
Selinsgrove [Pa.] : London ; Cranbury, NJ
Publisher
Susquehanna University Press ; Associated University Presses,
Date of Publication
c1994
Physical Description
318 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 302-308) and index.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Presidents - United States
United States - Foreign relations - 1815-1861.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.173 B918bi
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James Buchanan and the coming of the Civil War

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Date of Publication
c2013.
Call Number
973.68 B918
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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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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
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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
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James Buchanan meets the Covode Committee

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Author
Wentz, Douglas Eric
Call Number
905.748 SM (Jan.1982)
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by Douglas Eric Wentz.
Author
Wentz, Douglas Eric
Physical Description
34-39 p.
Notes
In: Susquehanna Magazine, January 1982.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 SM (Jan.1982)
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James Buchanan and public office : an appraisal

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Author
Carlson, Robert Eugene
Date of Publication
1957.
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.81
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  1 website  
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
Websites
https://journals.psu.edu/pmhb/article/view/41283/41004
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James Buchanan and his family at Wheatland

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Author
Cahalan, Sally Smith.
Date of Publication
c1988.
Call Number
728.37 C132j
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Alternate Title
James Buchanan's Wheatland
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by Sally Smith Cahalan ; [photography by John P. Herr].
Author
Cahalan, Sally Smith.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
James Buchanan Foundation,
Date of Publication
c1988.
Physical Description
100 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Notes
Cover title: James Buchanan's Wheatland.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Homes and haunts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Family.
Buchanan family.
Johnston, Harriet Lane, - 1830-1903.
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)
Presidents - United States
Lancaster (Pa.) - Buildings, structures, etc.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
728.37 C132j
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Slidell and Buchanan

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Author
Sears, Louis Martin.
Call Number
923.172 B918se
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Author
Sears, Louis Martin.
Physical Description
709-730 p.
Notes
In: The American Historical Review, v. 27, no. 4 (July 1922)
Subjects
Slidell, John, d 1793-1871.
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.
Mexico - Foreign relations - United States.
United States - Foreign relations - Mexico.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.172 B918se
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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
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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
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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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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

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Author
Baker, Jean H.
Edition
1st ed.
Date of Publication
2004.
Call Number
923.173 B918ba
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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
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At home with James Buchanan

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo4013
Author
Cahalan, Sally Smith.
Date of Publication
c1989.
Call Number
728.37 C132
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Responsibility
Sally Smith Cahalan.
Author
Cahalan, Sally Smith.
Place of Publication
Ephrata, Pa
Publisher
Science Press,
Date of Publication
c1989.
Physical Description
120 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series
Science Press Keepsake ; no.20.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Homes and haunts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)
Presidents - United States
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
728.37 C132
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Wheatland : home of James Buchanan, newest of Presidential mansions to be restored and opened as a national shrine

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Author
Klein, Frederic S.
Call Number
728.27 K64w
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by Frederic S. Klein
Author
Klein, Frederic S.
Physical Description
p. 44-29. 28 cm.
Series
American Heritage v. 5, no. 3 (Spring 1954)
Notes
In: American Heritage, v.5, no. 3 (Spring 1954)
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868 - Homes and haunts - Pennsylvania - Lancaster.
Wheatland (Lancaster, Pa.)
Presidents - United States
Historic house museums
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
728.27 K64w
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James Buchanan

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Author
Santella, Andrew.
Date of Publication
c2003.
Call Number
923.173 B918sa
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Responsibility
by Andrew Santella.
ISBN
0756502632 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Author
Santella, Andrew.
Place of Publication
Minneapolis, Minn
Publisher
Compass Point Books,
Date of Publication
c2003.
Physical Description
64p.: ill.; 24 cm.
Series
Profiles of the presidents
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Reason to celebrate -- Young man of Pennsylvania -- A life in politics -- Honors at home and abroad -- A run for the White House -- Conflicts and controversies -- Bleeding Kansas and John Brown -- A nation divided -- Taking the blame -- Glossary -- James Buchanan's life at a glance -- James Buchanan's life and times -- World events -- Understanding James Buchanan and his presidency better.
Summary
A biography of the fifteenth president of the United States, discussing his personal life, education, and political career.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
Presidents - United States - Biography - Juvenile literature.
Presidents.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.173 B918sa
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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
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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
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A tragic but innocent character : the Buchanan presidency reconsidered

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Author
Fields, Kevin M.
Date of Publication
2002.
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Responsibility
by Kevin M. Fields.
Author
Fields, Kevin M.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society
Date of Publication
2002.
Physical Description
p.196-207 : ill. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society v.104 no.4.
Subjects
Buchanan, James , - 1791-1868.
United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 104, number 4 (2002), p. 196-207Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.104, no.4
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