James Buchanan

GPTKB entity

Properties (55)
Predicate Object
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gptkbp:birthDate April 23, 1791
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Lancaster,_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Woodward_Hill_Cemetery
gptkbp:deathDate June 1, 1868
gptkbp:education gptkb:Dickinson_College
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label James Buchanan
gptkbp:image James_Buchanan_portrait
gptkbp:internationalRelations Neutrality_in_the_American_Civil_War
gptkbp:legacy Controversial presidency
gptkbp:nickname Old Buck
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Dred_Scott_decision
gptkb:Secession_of_Southern_states
Panic of 1857
gptkbp:occupation Lawyer
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:politicalPosition gptkb:U.S._Minister_to_the_United_Kingdom
U.S._Representative
U.S._Secretary_of_State
U.S._Senator_from_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Franklin_Pierce
gptkbp:president March 4, 1861
March 4, 1857
1860 United States presidential election
1856 United States presidential election
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Kansas-Nebraska_Act
gptkb:Southern_secession_crisis
gptkb:Crittenden_Compromise
gptkb:Fort_Sumter
gptkb:Constitutional_Union_Party
gptkb:John_Brown's_raid_on_Harpers_Ferry
gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkb:Bleeding_Kansas
gptkb:Democratic_National_Convention_of_1856
gptkb:Slavery_in_the_United_States
gptkb:Lincoln-Douglas_debates
Judicial appointments
Compromise of 1850
Civil rights issues
Political patronage
Presidential vetoes
Presidential libraries
Presidential succession
Political corruption allegations
Political polarization in the 1850s
Economic issues in the 1850s
Political legacy debates
Presidential cabinet appointments
Republican_Party_formation
Historical_interpretations_of_the_Civil_War
Unionist_policies
Historical_rankings_of_U.S._presidents
gptkbp:signature James_Buchanan_signature
gptkbp:spouse nan
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln