James Buchanan had tried for the Democratic nomination several times and finally succeeded in 1856, in large part because as Ambassador to Great Britain, he had been absent during the controversies ...

James Buchanan is the only U.S. president from the Susquehanna Valley. He was born and raised in Franklin County, and he ...

Born: April 23, 1791, in Stony Batter, Pennsylvania... Buchanan presided over the dissolution of the Union. His faith that the legal system would resolve the slavery issue locked him into inaction.

James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States, spent much of his adult life in Lancaster – including the last 20 ...