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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
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
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Buchanan's administration on the eve of the rebellion; a paper read before the Cliosophic Society, Lancaster, Pa., January 24, 1908

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo9764
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Date of Publication
1908.
Call Number
923.173 B918a
Responsibility
By W.U. Hensel ...
Author
Hensel, W. U.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Date of Publication
1908.
Physical Description
41 p. 22 cm.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
923.173 B918a
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Buchanan's "Calm of despotism"

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo11980
Author
Baylen, Joseph O.
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.77
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Joseph O. Baylen.
Author
Baylen, Joseph O.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia, Pa
Publisher
Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1953.
Physical Description
p. 294-310; 23 cm.
Notes
In: Pennsylvania Magazine, v. 77.
Buchanan as minister to Russia.
Subjects
Buchanan, James, - 1791-1868.
United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
905.748 HSP v.77
Websites
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The cause of the war shown; or, The inquiries: Who are responsible for the Civil War in America? and, What are the designs of its authors? answered

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo2557
Author
Harris, Alexander,
Date of Publication
1863.
Call Number
090 P544 1863
Responsibility
By Alex. Harris.
Author
Harris, Alexander,
Place of Publication
Philadelphia
Date of Publication
1863.
Physical Description
86 p. 22 cm.
Notes
African American resources at Lancaster County Historical Society
Subjects
Slavery - United States
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Causes.
United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
090 P544 1863
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Civil War in the making, 1815-1860

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Author
Craven, Avery,
Date of Publication
[1959]
Call Number
973.7 C898
ISBN
0807101311
9780807101315
Author
Craven, Avery,
Place of Publication
Baton Rouge
Publisher
Louisiana State University Press
Date of Publication
[1959]
Physical Description
115 p. 21 cm.
Series
The Walter Lynwood Fleming lectures in southern history
Contents
The Republican Party and slavery -- The conservative Southerner -- The democratic process on trial -- The first cold war.
Subjects
United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Causes.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7 C898
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Emancipating slaves, enslaving free men : a history of the American Civil War

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Author
Hummel, Jeffrey Rogers.
Date of Publication
c1996.
Call Number
973.7 H925
Responsibility
Jeffrey Rogers Hummel.
ISBN
0812693116 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780812693119 (cloth : alk. paper)
0812693124 (paper : alk. paper)
9780812693126 (paper : alk. paper)
Author
Hummel, Jeffrey Rogers.
Place of Publication
Chicago
Publisher
Open Court,
Date of Publication
c1996.
Physical Description
xiii, 421 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Prologue: America's Crisis -- 1. Slavery and States' Rights in the Early Republic -- 2. The Political Economy of Slavery and Secession -- 3. The Slave Power Seeks Foreign Conquest -- 4. Emergence of the Republican Party -- 5. The Confederate States of America -- 6. Mobilizing for Conflict -- 7. The Military Struggle -- 8. The War to Abolish Slavery? -- 9. Republican Neo-Mercantilism Versus Confederate War Socialism -- 10. Dissent and Disaffection - North and South -- 11. The Ravages of Total War -- 12. The Politics of Reconstruction -- 13. American Society Transformed -- Epilogue: America's Turning Point.
Summary
This book combines a sweeping narrative history of the Civil War with a bold new look at the war's significance for American society. Professor Hummel sees the Civil War as America's turning point: simultaneously the culmination and repudiation of the American revolution. A unique feature of the book is the bibliographical essays which follow every chapter. Here the author surveys the literature and points out where his own interpretation fits into the continuing clash of viewpoints which informs historical debate on the Civil War.
Subjects
States' rights (American politics)
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
Slavernij.
Amerikaanse burgeroorlog.
Reconstruction (1865-1877)
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Causes.
United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Influence.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
973.7 H925
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The Jacksonian heritage; Pennsylvania politics, 1833-1848

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo3446
Author
Snyder, Charles McCool.
Date of Publication
1958.
Call Number
974.80321 S675
Author
Snyder, Charles McCool.
Place of Publication
Harrisburg
Publisher
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission,
Date of Publication
1958.
Physical Description
x, 256 p. ports., map. 24 cm.
Notes
Bibliography: p. 231-241.
Subjects
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.
United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.80321 S675
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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
  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
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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)
Responsibility
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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Life of George Mifflin Dallas, vice president of the United States: Prepared and published in Sepember, 1844, by the Democratic Committee of Publication, John K. Kane, et al

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Edition
Extended to the present time, and reprinted Nov. 1847.
Date of Publication
1847.
Call Number
815 P769 # 40
Edition
Extended to the present time, and reprinted Nov. 1847.
Place of Publication
Philadelphia [Pa.]
Publisher
Times and Keystone Job Office,
Date of Publication
1847.
Physical Description
20 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Cover title: Life of George M. Dallas, vice president of the United States.
In: Political Speeches.
Subjects
Dallas, George Mifflin, - 1792-1864.
United States. - Congress. - Senate - Biography.
Vice-Presidents - United States - Biography.
Legislators - United States - Biography.
United States - Politics and government - 1815-1861.
Pennsylvania - Politics and government - 1775-1865.
Philadelphia (Pa.) - Biography.
Additional Author
Kane, John K.
Additional Corporate Author
Democratic Party (U.S.). Committee of Publication.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Rare Books
Call Number
815 P769 # 40
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