If Senator Stephen Arnold (“Little Giant”) Douglas and President James Buchanan had not quarreled over slavery in Kansas, a united Democracy would have nominated Douglas for President at ...

-- James Buchanan, 15th president of the United States, in 1791 -- Physicist Max Planck in 1858 -- Canadian Prime Minister/Nobel Peace Prize laureate Lester Pearson in 1897 ...

James Buchanan is the only U.S. president from the Susquehanna Valley. He was born and raised in Franklin County, and he lived in Lancaster for most of his adult life.

James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States, spent much of his adult life in Lancaster – including the last 20 years at Wheatland.We went to LancasterHistory to learn more about the ...

Ever since James Buchanan sent the first presidential transatlantic telegraph in 1858, American presidents have needed to walk the thin line between embracing new tech and ensuring that their ...

James Buchanan served as President of the United States from 1857 to 1861. The Union was torn asunder and it was now up to incoming President Abraham Lincoln to handle the worst crisis the nation ...

The distinguished appointments made by President Buchanan deserve a passing notice, especially the one conferred on Mr. JOHN NUGENT, View Full Article in Timesmachine » ...

The President sent the following letter to the Demceracy of Philadelphia, in response to an invitation to attend their celebration of the Fifth: WASHINGTON, Saturday, July 3, 1858, GENTLEMEN: I ...

Discover an amazing story of abolitionism in Ohio and how it impacted the nation.

President Buchanan and England’s Queen Victoria sent each other telegraph messages in 1858 to launch the transatlantic service. The construction of transcontinental telegraph line. Illustration source ...

Efforts by Buchanan in Washington, D.C., to get this Lecompton Constitution ratified by Congress included bribery, according to some historians. The fight against it was led by the president’s ...

In 1858, President James Buchanan offered pardons to all Utah Mormons as long as they accepted the US as their sovereign state. A portrait of Brigham Young, the Mormon leader.