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James Buchanan Jr. ( bew-KAN-ən; April 23, 1791 – June 1, 1868) was the 15th president of the United States, serving from 1857 to 1861. He also served as the secretary of state from 1845 to 1849 and represented Pennsylvania in both houses of the U.S. Congress. Buchanan was an advocate for states' rights, particularly regarding slavery, and minimized the role of the federal government preceding the American Civil War. (From Wikipedia) More about James Buchanan:
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48 additional books about James Buchanan in the extended shelves:![[X-Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/infouc.gif) James Buchanan and his cabinet on the eve of secession (Priv. print, 1926), by Philip Gerald Auchampaugh (page images at HathiTrust)- Life of James Buchanan : fifteenth president of the United States (Harper & Brothers, 1883), by George Ticknor Curtis (page images at HathiTrust)
- Robert Tyler, southern rights champion, 1847-1866; a documentary study chiefly of antebellum politics (H. Stein, printer, 1934), by Philip G. Auchampaugh (page images at HathiTrust)
- Protest of the president against certain proceedings of the House of representatives... Report ... (University of Michigan, Digital Library Initiatives, 1860), by United States House Committee on the Judiciary, Miles Taylor, George Smith Houston, John Hickman, and United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan) (page images at HathiTrust)
- C. speeches ([Washington, D.C.?, 1830), by Daniel Webster, Artemas Ward, Richard Stockton, Ichabod Bartlett, Thomas Whipple, Henry Clay, Carter Beverley, Andrew Jackson, John M. Clayton, Edward. 1764-1836 Livingston, Robert Young Hayne, Davy Crockett, Levi Woodbury, John Davis, John Holmes, Edward Everett, Seymour B. Durst, United States. Congress 1829-1830). House, United States. Congress 1829-1830). Senate, and United States. Congress 1825-1826). House (page images at HathiTrust)
- Short answers to reckless fabrications, against the Democratic candidate for president, James Buchanan. (W. Rice, printer, 1856) (page images at HathiTrust)
- The life and public services of James Buchanan, president of the United States : including his inaugural address, and the most important of his state papers (Derby & Jackson, 1857), by R. G. Horton (page images at HathiTrust)
- Life of James Buchanan, fifteenth President of the United States (Harper & Brothers, 1883), by George Ticknor Curtis (page images at HathiTrust)
- Life of James Buchanan (Tracy, Kenney & co., 1856), by C. Jerome (page images at HathiTrust)
- Buchanan's administration on the eve of the rebellion; a paper read before the Cliosophic Society, Lancaster, Pa., January 24, 1908. (Lancaster, Pa., 1908), by W. U. Hensel (page images at HathiTrust)
- Memoir of James Buchanan, of Pennsylvania. (Printed by C. Sherman and son, 1856), by Republican Party (Pa. : 1792-1828) (page images at HathiTrust)
- James Buchanan; paper read before the Kittochtinny Historical Society of Franklin County, Friday evening, March 30, 1900, at the residence of Dr. Chas. F. Palmer, Chambersburg, Pa. ([n.p., 1900), by W. Rush Gillan (page images at HathiTrust)
- The story of Wheatland (The Junior league of Lancaster, inc., 1936), by Philip Shriver Klein (page images at HathiTrust)
- Message from the President of the United States to the two houses of Congress : at the commencement of the second session of the thirty-sixth Congress. (G. W. Bowman, printer, 1860), by United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan) (page images at HathiTrust)
- "Cliosophic" essays ... ([Cliosophic society], 1908), by Lancaster Cliosophic society, George Warren Richards, W. U. Hensel, and John Wilberforce Appel (page images at HathiTrust)
- The political crisis of 1861. A reply to Mr. Blaine (Porter & Coates, 1884), by Christopher Stuart Patterson (page images at HathiTrust)
- The attitude of James Buchanan, a citizen of Lancaster County (Press of the New era printing company, 1911), by William Uhler Hensel and Lancaster Lancaster County historical society (page images at HathiTrust)
- The agitation of slavery. (Printed at the Union office, 1856) (page images at HathiTrust)
- James Buchanan, his doctrines and policy as exhibited (Greeley & McElrath, 1856) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Republican documents. Gen. Jackson and James Buchanan. ([Silver Spring, Md., 1856), by Francis Preston Blair (page images at HathiTrust)
- Life of James Buchanan, fifteenth president of the United States (Harper & brothers, 1883), by George Ticknor Curtis (page images at HathiTrust)
- The life of the Hon. James Buchanan (near Wheatland, 1856) (page images at HathiTrust)
- The life and public services of Hon. James Buchanan, of Pennsylvania. (Livermore & Rudd, 1856), by Edward F. Underhill (page images at HathiTrust)
- The life and public services of James Buchanan. (Derby & Jackson;, 1856), by R. G. Horton (page images at HathiTrust)
- Short answers to reckless fabrications, against the Democratic candidate for president, James Buchanan. (W. Rice, printer, 1856), by YA Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) and Political Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Fremont, the conservative candidate. ([n. p., 1856), by Hamilton Fish and James A. Hamilton (page images at HathiTrust)
- Proceedings and festival of native Pennsylvania Democrats resident of Cincinnati. (Tagart & Neilson, printers, 1857) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Buchanan and Breckinridge. (H. W. Derby & co., 1856) (page images at HathiTrust)
- The life and public services of James Buchanan, president of the United States (Derby & Jackson, 1860), by R. G. Horton (page images at HathiTrust)
- Memoir of James Buchanan, of Pennsylvania. (Printed by C. Sherman and son, 1856), by Democratic Party (Pa.) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Life of James Buchanan, fifteenth President of the United States (Books for Libraries Press, 1969), by George Ticknor Curtis (page images at HathiTrust)
- Hon. James Buchanan. Remarks of Hon. J. Glancy Jones, of Pennsylvania, delivered in the House of representatives, May 13, 1856, in reply to the remarks made on Saturday, May 10, 1856, by Hon. Henry M. Fuller, assailing the political opinions of Mr. Buchanan, and other leading public men of the Democracy of Pennsylvania. (Printed at the Congressional globe ofice, 1856), by J. Glancy Jones and KGI Online Library (page images at HathiTrust)
- Sub-treasury bill. Reply of John Davis, of Massachusetts, to Mr. Buchanan, of Pennsylvania, on the reduction of wages and of the value of property. (Printed by Gales and Seaton, 1840), by John Davis (page images at HathiTrust)
- The criterion: which exhibits portraits of the three candidates, facts in the lives of each, the platforms of the three parties, and the Constitution of the United States ... (J.C. Buttre, 1856) (page images at HathiTrust)
- A forgotten journey of an antebellum president : the trip and addresses of James Buchanan delivered during his journey to the commencement of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1859 (s.n., 1935), by Philip Gerald Auchampaugh (page images at HathiTrust)
- Mr. Buchanan's administration on the eve of the rebellion (Ayer Company, Publishers, 1990), by James Buchanan (page images at HathiTrust)
- James Buchanan as a lawyer : an address before the Law school of the University of Pennsylvania on Wednesday, March 28, 1912 ([n.p.], 1912), by W. U. Hensel (page images at HathiTrust)
- Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan (F.A. Stokes & brother, 1888), by William Osborn Stoddard (page images at HathiTrust)
- The attitudes of James Buchanan, a citizen of Lancaster County, towards the institution of slavery in the United States, a paper prepared for and read before the Lancaster County (Pa.) historical society (Press of the New era printing company, 1911), by W. U. Hensel and Lancaster County Historical Society (Pa.) (page images at HathiTrust)
- An address, delivered before the Georgia Democratic State Convention, held at Milledgeville, July 4th, 1856 (1856), by William H. Stiles and Ga.) Democratic Party (Ga.). State Convention (1856 : Milledgville (page images at HathiTrust)
- The agitation of slavery. ([Place of publication not identified], 1856) (page images at HathiTrust)
- James Buchanan : a political portrait, 1856; according to his friends and enemies (s.n.], 1946), by Philip G. Auchampaugh (page images at HathiTrust)
- James Buchanan, his doctrines and policy as exhibited by himself and friends. (s.n., 1856), by YA Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Compilation of the messages and papers of the Presidents, 1789-1904 (Bureau of National Literature and Art, 1904), by George Raywood Devitt, James D. Richardson, United States. President (1901-1909 : Roosevelt), United States. President (1897-1901 : McKinley), United States. President (1893-1897 : Cleveland), United States. President (1889-1893 : Harrison), United States. President (1885-1889 : Cleveland), United States. President (1881 : Garfield), United States. President (1881-1885 : Arthur), United States. President (1877-1881 : Hayes), United States. President (1869-1877 : Grant), United States. President (1865-1869 : Johnson), United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln), United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan), United States. President (1853-1857 : Pierce), United States. President (1850-1853 : Fillmore), United States. President (1849-1850 : Taylor), United States. President (1845-1849 : Polk), United States. President (1841 : Harrison), United States. President (1841-1845 : Tyler), United States. President (1837-1841 : Van Buren), United States. President (1829-1837 : Jackson), United States. President (1825-1829 : Adams), United States. President (1817-1825 : Monroe), United States. President (1809-1817 : Madison), United States. President (1801-1809 : Jefferson), United States. President (1797-1801 : Adams), and United States. President (1789-1797 : Washington) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Buchanan's political record : let the South beware! (National Executive Committee of the American Party, 1856) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Whigs for Buchanan and Breckinridge (s.n., 1856), by James B. Clay, John Woodland Crisfield, Thomas George Pratt, and James Alfred Pearce (page images at HathiTrust)
- Life of James Buchanan, Fifteenth President of the United States. v. 2 (of 2), by George Ticknor Curtis (Gutenberg ebook)
- Life of James Buchanan, Fifteenth President of the United States. v. 1 (of 2), by George Ticknor Curtis (Gutenberg ebook)
Books by James Buchanan: ![[Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/info.gif) Buchanan, James, 1791-1868, contrib.: Discriminations in Switzerland Against Citizens of the United States of the Hebrew Persuasion: Message of the President of the United States, Transmitting, in Compliance with Resolutions of the House, Information Relative to Discriminations in Switzerland Against Citizens of the United States of the Hebrew Persuausion (1860), by United States Department of State (page images at HathiTrust)- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868: Mr. Buchanan's Administration on the Eve of the Rebellion (New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1866)
Additional books by James Buchanan in the extended shelves:- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868: The administration on the eve of the rebellion: a history of four years before the war. (S. Low, son & Marston, 1865) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868: Boundary line--Florida and Georgia : to accompany bill House of Representatives, no. 243, February 13, 1830 ... : report. ([Washington], 1830), also by United States House Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868: Claim of Governor Douglas, of Vancouver's Island message from the President of the United States, transmitting documents relative to advances made by Governor Douglas, of Vancouver' s Island, to Governor Stevens, of Washington Territory, and recommending the payment of the same. (s.n., 1859), also by Isaac Ingalls Stevens, James Douglas, and United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868: Clayton and Bulwer Convention, and correspondence thereon (Trübner and Co., 1856), also by Great Britain, George William Frederick Villiers Clarendon, Henry Lytton Bulwer Dalling and Bulwer, and John M. Clayton (page images at HathiTrust)
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868: Correspondence [of John E. Ward and others to Hon. James Buchanan, and Mr. Buchanan's acceptance of his nomination by the Demoncratic national convention] (s.n., 1856), also by John Elliott Ward (page images at HathiTrust)
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868: Correspondence between Isaac W. Hayne, special envoy, and the President, relating to Fort Sumter. (Steam-power presses of Evans & Cogswell, 1861), also by United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan) and Isaac W. Hayne (page images at HathiTrust)
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868: The diary of a public man; an intimate view of the national administration, December 28, 1860 to March 15, 1861, and A page of political correspondence, Stanton to Buchanan (Priv. Print. for Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, 1945), also by Frederic Lauriston Bullard, Edwin McMasters Stanton, and Chicago Abraham Lincoln Book Shop (page images at HathiTrust)
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868: The diary of a public man, and A page of political correspondence (Rutgers University Press, 1946), also by F. Lauriston Bullard and Edwin M. Stanton (page images at HathiTrust)
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868: Great speech of the Honourable James Buchanan, delivered at the mass meeting of the Democracy of western Pennsylvania, at Greensburg ... Oct. 7, 1852. (Philadelphia, 1852) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868: Inaugural address of the President of the United States, on the fourth of March, 1857. (A. O. P. Nicholson, printer, 1857), also by United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868: Last letter of Mr. Buchanan to Mr. Pakenham, on the American title to Oregon (s.n.], 1845) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868: Message from the President of the United States : Communicating, in compliance with resolutions of the Senate, information upon the subject of the Aves Islands (Government Printing Office, 1861), also by United States Department of State (page images at HathiTrust)
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868: Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, the correspondence between the judges of Utah and the Attorney General or President, with reference to the legal proceedings and condition of affairs in that Territory. ([Washington, 1860), also by United States Department of Justice (page images at HathiTrust)
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868: Message of the President of the United States : communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information with regard to ... the work of marking the boundary ... pursuant to ... the treaty between the United States and Great Britain, June 15, 1846. (G. P. O., 1860), also by United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868: Message of the President of the United States communicating in compliance with a resolution of the Senate the report of the special agent of the United States recently sent to Vancouver's Island and British Columbia. (s.n., 1859), also by John Nugent and United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868: The messages of President Buchanan. With an appendix containing sundry letters from members of his cabinet at the close of his presidential term, etc. (New York, 1888), also by United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan) and James Buchanan Henry (page images at HathiTrust)
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868: Mr. Buchanan's administration on the eve of the rebellion. (D. Appleton and Company, 1866) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868: Mr. Buchanan's administration on the eve of the rebellion (Ayer Company, Publishers, 1990) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868: The New-Haven memorial to the President, protesting against the use of the United-States army to enforce the bogus laws of Kansas; the answer of President Buchanan; and the reply of the memorialists ... (Printed by J. Wilson and Son, 1857), also by New Haven (Conn.). Citizens (page images at HathiTrust)
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868: Oregon. The claim of the United States to Oregon, as stated in the letters of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun and the Hon. J. Buchanan to the Hon. R. Pakenham, with an appendix containing the counter statement of Mr. Pakenham to the American secretaries of states. And a map showing the boundary line proposed by each party. (London, 1846), also by John C. Calhoun (page images at HathiTrust)
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868: Oregon the claim of the United States to Oregon, as stated in the letters of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun and the Hon. J. Buchanan (American secretaries of state) to the Right Hon. R. Pakenham, Her Britannic Majesty's plenipotentiary : with an appendix containing the counter statement of Mr. Pakenham to the American secretaries of state : and a map showing the boundary line proposed by each party. (Wiley and Putnam, 1846), also by John C. Calhoun and Richard Pakenham (page images at HathiTrust)
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868: The Ostend manifesto, 1854. (A. Lovell & Co., 1892), also by United States Department of State, Pierre Soulé, and John Y. Mason (page images at HathiTrust)
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868: The political crisis of 1861 : a reply to Mr. Blaine (Porter & Coates, 1884), also by Christopher Stuart Patterson (page images at HathiTrust)
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868: The private letters of Lieut.-General Scott, and ex-President Buchanan's reply. (Hamilton, Johnson & Farrelly, 1862), also by Winfield Scott (page images at HathiTrust)
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868: The recruitment controversy. (Washington, 1856), also by United States Department of State (page images at HathiTrust)
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868: Remarks of Mr. Buchanan of Pennsylvania, in reply to Mr. Davis, of Massachusetts, against the Independent treasury bill. Senate U. S. March 3, 1840. (Printed at the Globe Office, 1840) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868: Report ... "Bill to provide for surveying the northeastern boundary line of the United States, according to the provisions of the treaty of peace of seventeen hundred & eighty-three." ([Blair & Rivers, printers], 1838), also by United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and John Marshall Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868: Report : the committee on foreign relations, to which was referred the "bill to provide for surveying the northeastern boundary line of the United States, according to the provisions of the treaty of peace of seventeen hundred and eighty-three." ([Washington?, 1838), also by United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and United States. Congress 1837-1838). Senate (page images at HathiTrust)
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868: Speech of Hon. James Buchanan, of Pennsylvania, in support of the veto power, and in reply to Mr. Clay, of Kentucky : Delivered in the United States Senate, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 1842. ([n.p., 1842) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868: Speech of Mr. Buchanan of Pennsylvania. In Senate ... January 22, 1840.-On the independent treasury bill, in reply to Mr. Clay of Kentucky. (Blair and Rives, 1840) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868: Speech of Mr. Buchanan, of Pennsylvania, in support of Mr. Benton's resolutions, respecting the fortifications and defence of the country. (Lair & Rives, printers, 1836) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868: Speech of Mr. Buchanan, of Pennsylvania, on the Oregon question. ([Washington, 1844) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868: Speech of Mr. Buchanan of Pennsylvania on the Oregon question delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 12, 1844. (s.n., 1844) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868: Speech of Mr. Buchanan, of Pennsylvania, on the resolution of Col. Benton, to expunge from the journal of the Senate, the resolution of the twenty-eight of March, 1834. (Printed at the Globe office, 1837) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868: Speech of President Buchanan, on the evening of Monday, July 9, 1860. (National Democratic Executive Committee, 1860), also by Democratic National Committee (U.S.) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868: Speech on the ratification of the treaty with Great Britain ([Washington?, 1842) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868: Speeches of Messrs. Buchanan and Benton, on the bill to admit the state of Michigan into the union. ([Washington, 1837), also by Thomas Hart Benton (page images at HathiTrust)
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868: Speeches of Messrs. Buchanan and Benton, on the bill to admit the State of Michigan into the union : delivered in the Senate, January 3, 1837. ([Washington, 1837), also by Thomas Hart Benton (page images at HathiTrust)
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868: The works of James Buchanan, comprising his speeches, state papers, and private correspondence (J.B. Lippincott Company, 1908), also by James Buchanan Henry and John Bassett Moore (page images at HathiTrust)
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