Presidency of James Buchanan

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The Presidency of James Buchanan refers to the U.S. administration from 1857 to 1861 marked by escalating sectional tensions, failed compromises over slavery, and the secession crisis that immediately preceded the Civil War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administration of the United States government ⓘ
presidency ⓘ
cabinetMember Aaron V. Brown ⓘ
Howell Cobb ⓘ
Isaac Toucey ⓘ
Jacob Thompson ⓘ
Jeremiah S. Black ⓘ
John B. Floyd ⓘ
Joseph Holt ⓘ
Lewis Cass ⓘ
causeOfUnpopularity perceived inaction during secession crisis ⓘ
support for pro-slavery policies ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crisisManagement failed to prevent secession of Southern states ⓘ
domesticPolicyFocus sectional conflict between North and South ⓘ
slavery in the United States ⓘ
territorial expansion and slavery in the territories ⓘ
economicEvent Panic of 1857 ⓘ
economicPolicy opposition to federal internal improvements ⓘ
support for low-tariff policies ⓘ
election 1856 United States presidential election ⓘ
endDate 1861-03-04 ⓘ
followedBy Presidency of Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
foreignPolicyFocus Central America and transit routes ⓘ
Cuba and the Ostend Manifesto legacy ⓘ
relations with Great Britain ⓘ
relations with Mexico ⓘ
historicalReputation widely ranked among the worst U.S. presidencies ⓘ
immediateSuccessorEvent outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861 ⓘ
inauguration First inauguration of James Buchanan ⓘ
judicialEvent Dred Scott v. Sandford decision ⓘ
legislativeBody 35th United States Congress ⓘ
36th United States Congress ⓘ
mainLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
majorEvent Bleeding Kansas violence ⓘ
Dred Scott v. Sandford decision ⓘ
John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry ⓘ
Lecompton Constitution controversy ⓘ
Panic of 1857 ⓘ
Utah War ⓘ
secession crisis of 1860–1861 ⓘ
ordinalNumber 15th U.S. presidency ⓘ
politicalParty Democratic Party ⓘ
positionOnSlavery accepted Dred Scott decision as final settlement ⓘ
supported extension of slavery into territories under popular sovereignty ⓘ
supported pro-slavery Lecompton Constitution for Kansas ⓘ
precededBy Presidency of Franklin Pierce ⓘ
president James Buchanan ⓘ
relatedConflict American Civil War ⓘ
residence White House ⓘ
startDate 1857-03-04 ⓘ
stateSecededDuringTerm Alabama ⓘ
Florida ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Louisiana ⓘ
Mississippi ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
vicePresident John C. Breckinridge ⓘ

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Presidency of Abraham Lincoln → precededBy → Presidency of James Buchanan ⓘ
Dakota Territory → createdUnder → James Buchanan administration ⓘ
linked to: Presidency of James Buchanan
James Buchanan Memorial → associatedWith → James Buchanan presidency ⓘ
linked to: Presidency of James Buchanan
Secession of South Carolina in 1860 → opposedBy → President James Buchanan’s administration ⓘ
linked to: Presidency of James Buchanan