James Buchanan
United State's 15th President
Information
Term : March 4th, 1857 - March 4th, 1861
Party : Democratic
Vice President : John C. Breckinridge
Election Opponents: John C. Fermont, and Millard Fillmore
America At This Time
America at this time was broken. Buchanan was set up with high hopes, that he would put an end to the question of slavery. Unfortunally he failed, and the us split between the union and confederacy.
Key People of the Presidency
Secretary of War John B. Floyd
Joseph Holt
Secretary of State Lewis Cass
"What is right and what is practible are two different things" -James Buchanan
Policies
Economic : James Buchanan was very time invested in the expansion of land, specifically in the west.
Foreign : Was limited to attempts to influence the Americas. Efforts to annex Cuba derailed because the island would surely have entered the Union as a slave state.
Domestic : leaning favor towards the confederacy, mainly because of the Dred Scott case.