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James Buchanan Jr. (1791–1868)

15th president of the United States (1857 – 1861), with John C. Breckinridge, succeeding Franklin Pierce; succeeded by Abraham Lincoln. 17th United States Secretary of State (1845 - 1849). Democratic Senator from Pennsylvania (1834 - 1845), Democratic House Representative from Pennsylvania (1821 - 1831). Military volunteer (War of 1812).

James Buchanan Jr.

Works

• Ostend Manifesto (1854)

Inaugural address

• James Buchanan's Inaugural Address, (1857)

State of the Union addresses

• First State of the Union address, (1857)
• Second State of the Union address, (1858)
• Third State of the Union address, (1859)
• Fourth State of the Union address, (1860)

Articles about James Buchanan

• “Buchanan, James” in The American Cyclopædia, 1879.
• “Buchanan, James” in Encyclopædia Britannica (9th ed.), 1878.
• George Ticknor Curtis, “Buchanan, James,” Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1900.
• “Buchanan, James,” The New International Encyclopædia. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1905.
• “Buchanan, James” in The Nuttall Encyclopædia by James Wood, London: Frederick Warne and Co., Ltd., 1907.
• “Buchanan, James” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
• “James Buchanan” by George Ticknor Curtis in The Presidents of the United States, 1789-1914, 1914.
• “Buchanan, James,” The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co., 1914.
• “Buchanan, James” by Walter L. Fleming  in The Encyclopedia Americana. New York, 1920.
• “Buchanan, James,” Collier's New Encyclopedia. New York: P.F. Collier & Son Co., 1921.

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