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James Buchanan's presidency
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/James_Buchanan's_presidency
GPTKB entity
Statements (41)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:President_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:controversy
corruption allegations in administration
divisions within Democratic Party
handling of secession crisis
gptkbp:country
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:endDate
1861-03-04
gptkbp:foreignPolicyEvent
gptkb:Ostend_Manifesto_controversy
gptkb:Paraguay_expedition
Crittenden Compromise (end of term)
gptkbp:historicalAssessment
often ranked poorly by historians
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
James Buchanan's presidency
gptkbp:location
gptkb:White_House
gptkbp:notableCase
gptkb:Dred_Scott_v._Sandford
gptkb:Kansas-Nebraska_Act_(enforcement)
gptkbp:notableFigure
gptkb:Jeremiah_S._Black
gptkb:Isaac_Toucey
gptkb:Lewis_Cass
gptkb:Howell_Cobb
gptkb:John_B._Floyd
gptkb:Jacob_Thompson
gptkb:Aaron_V._Brown
gptkbp:notableFor
first president from Pennsylvania
last president before the American Civil War
only lifelong bachelor president
gptkbp:notablePolicy
enforcement of Fugitive Slave Act
support for Lecompton Constitution
gptkbp:numberInSeries
15
gptkbp:politicalParty
gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:precededBy
Franklin Pierce's presidency
gptkbp:president
gptkb:James_Buchanan
gptkbp:significantEvent
gptkb:John_Brown's_raid_on_Harpers_Ferry
gptkb:Dred_Scott_decision
gptkb:Panic_of_1857
gptkb:Utah_War
secession of Southern states
gptkbp:startDate
1857-03-04
gptkbp:successor
Abraham Lincoln's presidency
gptkbp:termLength
4 years
gptkbp:vicePresident
gptkb:John_C._Breckinridge
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln's_inauguration
gptkbp:bfsLayer
7