James Buchanan

Examples of James Buchanan in the following topics:

• The Election of 1856

  • The Democrats, on the other hand, supported James Buchanan.
  • Buchanan embraced the relatively moderate popular sovereignty approach to the expansion of slavery in his election platform and warned that the Republican Party was a coalition of radical antislavery extremists that would force the country into Civil War.
  • Buchanan won the election of 1856 with the full support of the South as well as five free states.
  • Although Buchanan won the election and Frémont received fewer than 600 votes in all slave states, the results in the Electoral College indicated that the Republican Party could succeed in the next election if they won just two more states.
  • Buchanan had won 45.3 percent of the popular vote and 174 electoral votes whereas Frémont had won 33.1 percent of the popular vote and 114 electoral votes.

• The Ostend Manifesto and Cuba

  • Minister to Great Britain James Buchanan and U.S.
  • A political cartoon depicts James Buchanan surrounded by hoodlums using quotations from the Ostend Manifesto to justify robbing him.

• The Dred Scott Decision

  • The Supreme Court ruling was handed down on March 6, 1857, just two days after James Buchanan's inauguration.
  • In the North, it fueled claims of a "slave power" conspiracy with President Buchanan, a Democrat, and the Supreme Court, controlled by a Democratic majority, working to benefit the interests of Southern slaveowners.

• Jackson and the Democratic Party

  • The Democrats later got the presidency back in 1844 with James K.
  • The fragmented opposition could not stop the election of Democrats Franklin Pierce in 1852 and James Buchanan in 1856.
  • Led by Stephen Douglas, James K.

• Higher Education

  • However, it was vetoed by President James Buchanan.

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

  • An 1854 cartoon depicts a giant Free-Soiler being held down by James Buchanan and Lewis Cass, who stand on the Democratic platform marked "Kansas," "Cuba," and "Central America" (referring to accusations that Southerners wanted to annex areas in Latin America to expand slavery).

• Attack on Fort Sumter

  • Because the garrison's supplies were limited, President James Buchanan authorized a relief expedition for supplies, small arms, and 200 soldiers.

• Conclusion: The Increasing Inevitability of War

  • Democratic-nominated James Buchanan won the election and Frémont received fewer than 600 votes in all slave states.
  • The Lecompton Constitution guaranteed the protection of slavery in the region and received the support of President Buchanan and the Southern Democrats.

• Buchanan's Waiting Game

  • After the 1860 election, President Buchanan did little to prevent secession or prepare the United States for the possibility of war.
  • In the aftermath of the Presidential election of 1860, President Buchanan did little to halt this secessionist tide in the Deep South.
  • Buchanan's address only attracted sharp, bitter criticism from the North (for Buchanan's claim that the crisis was a direct result of Northern interference) and the South (for Buchanan refuting its right to secede), rather than taking any effective action to prevent the conflict from escalating.
  • Buchanan and his administration took no action to stop this confiscation of government property.
  • However, by that time, Buchanan's relations with Congress were so strained that his requests were rejected out of hand.

• Republican Turmoil & Democratic Resurgence

  • Conservative political columnist Pat Buchanan challenged Bush for the Republican nomination, and shocked political pundits by finishing second, with 37% of the vote, in the New Hampshire primary.
  • Bush responded by adopting more conservative positions on issues, in an attempt to undermine Buchanan's base.