James Buchanan

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President of the United States human

James Buchanan was the 15th president of the United States, whose ineffective leadership in the years just before the Civil War is widely criticized by historians.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf President of the United States ⓘ
human ⓘ
almaMater Dickinson College ⓘ
birthDate 1791-04-23 ⓘ
birthPlace Cove Gap, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Franklin County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
burialPlace Woodward Hill Cemetery, Lancaster, Pennsylvania ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1868-06-01 ⓘ
deathPlace Lancaster, Pennsylvania ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
educatedAt Dickinson College ⓘ
familyName Buchanan ⓘ
givenName James ⓘ
governedDuringEvent Bleeding Kansas crisis ⓘ
Dred Scott decision era ⓘ
American Civil War ⓘ
surface form: secession crisis of 1860–1861
historicalReputation often ranked among the worst U.S. presidents ⓘ
homeState Pennsylvania ⓘ
knownFor ineffective leadership before the American Civil War ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
militaryService War of 1812 ⓘ
surface form: War of 1812 (militia service)
name James Buchanan self-link ⓘ
neverMarried true ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
officeEnd 1861-03-04 ⓘ
officeStart 1857-03-04 ⓘ
orderInOffice 15 ⓘ
politicalParty Democratic Party ⓘ
positionHeld 15th President of the United States ⓘ
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
President of the United States ⓘ
United States Minister to Russia ⓘ
United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: United States Minister to the United Kingdom

United States Secretary of State ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
surface form: United States Senator
precededBy Franklin Pierce ⓘ
religion Presbyterianism ⓘ
residence Wheatland, Lancaster, Pennsylvania ⓘ
servedIn United States House of Representatives ⓘ
surface form: United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania

United States Senate ⓘ
surface form: United States Senate from Pennsylvania
signed United States territorial expansion ⓘ
surface form: Ostend Manifesto-related policies (Cuba expansion context)
spouse none ⓘ
succeededBy Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
supportedPolicy popular sovereignty in the territories ⓘ
vicePresident John C. Breckinridge ⓘ

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Jeremiah Sullivan Black → appointedBy → James Buchanan ⓘ
Cove Gap, Pennsylvania → associatedWith → James Buchanan ⓘ
Cove Gap, Pennsylvania → birthplaceOf → James Buchanan ⓘ
Harriet Lane → guardian → James Buchanan ⓘ
Buchanan → isBornBy → James Buchanan ⓘ
Buchanan → isUsedBy → James Buchanan ⓘ
James Buchanan → name → James Buchanan self-link ⓘ
James Buchanan Duke → namedAfter → James Buchanan ⓘ
Abraham Lincoln → precededBy → James Buchanan ⓘ
Harriet Lane → uncle → James Buchanan ⓘ