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James Buchanan was president when seven Souther states seceded. Four more seceded after Abraham Lincoln took office.
No. Democratic Party candidate James Buchanan won the 1856 presidential election. Buchanan won 19 states including all of the southern states. The southern states seceded after Republican Party candidate Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 presidential election.
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The Southern states seceded from December of 1860 to April of 1861.
Both were U.S. Presidents and Democrats. The differences include: Buchanan was single, Obama is married. Buchanan was a single term President, Obama was elected to two terms. Under Buchanan seven states seceded from the Union. Under Obama no states has (thus far) seceded. Under Buchanan three states were admitted to the Union. Under Obama no states have (thus far) been admitted Buchanan was born in Pennsylvania.
James Buchanan
James Buchanan
No- war did not actually break out until after Buchanan left office even though seven states had seceded from the Union and set up their own government.
The seven states of the deep south seceded while Buchanan was still President, before Lincoln was sworn in. These were South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas.
Franklin Buchanan was the 15th President of the US. he enforced the Dred-Scott Decision. he was President in 1857-1861. An event that happened while he was President was that 7 southern states had seceded, or left the union.
At the start of the U.S. Civil War, South Carolina seceded from the Union on December 20, 1860.
James Buchanan was elected President of the United States in 1856.