Buchanan is known as the "Do nothing President" and that phrase is an apt one.
He was unwilling to take an bold action towards handling the slavery issue and did nothing when seven Southern seceded on after another. Mostly he just marked time and let events happen as they would.
In 1857, an economic depression hit which is now known as the Panic of 1857 and the North and West were hit the hardest and he did nothing to help the people or the depression.
He stated that the U.S should buy Cuba from Spain and he added by saying that if they refused then the U.S should take it by force.
By the time he was up for re-election he didn't run because he knew that he had lost support from the people.
By far the biggest failure and pretty much his legacy as president was that he did nothing to prevent the south from seceding from the union and he did nothing at all and he abandoned Fort Sumter and he completely ignored the aggressiveness of the South and he left office with the union divided.
His failure to do anything about the Civil War
President James Buchanan is buried at Woodward Hill Cemetery in Lancaster, PA . There is a James Buchanan Cemetery near Nashville. TN , which is named after a different James Buchanan.
yesYes, he was the 15th US President.
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Before James Buchanan became president he was a lawyer and James Polk's secretary of state.
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James Buchanan 15th President: 1857-1861
James Buchanan served as President from 1857-1861.
James Buchanan's vice president was John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky.
President Buchanan 1857 -1861The 15th President of the United States was James Buchanan. President Buchanan was in office from March 4, 1857 to March 4, 1861.
President James Buchanan is buried at Woodward Hill Cemetery in Lancaster, PA . There is a James Buchanan Cemetery near Nashville. TN , which is named after a different James Buchanan.
James Buchanan was the 15th president. Buchanan passed away on June 1, 1868
yesYes, he was the 15th US President.
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Abraham Lincoln succeeded Buchanan.
Before James Buchanan became president he was a lawyer and James Polk's secretary of state.