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About James Buchanan
James Buchanan Jr. was the 15th president of the United States, serving from 1857 to 1861. A northern Democrat, he sought to resolve the sectional crisis through a pro-slavery interpretation of the U.S. Constitution, which alienated abolitionists in the North. In his final months in office, seven Southern states seceded, forming the Confederacy. On April 12, 1861, Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter, sparking the American Civil War.
Everything about James Buchanan →- Occupation
- politician, diplomat, lawyer, statesperson
- Position held
- President of the United States, United States representative, member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, United States ambassador to the Russian Empire
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- April 23, 1791
- Died
- June 1, 1868