Today marks the 218th birthday of our 15th president, James Buchanan. President Buchanan served from 1857-1861 and was known as "Old Buck." It was during his administration that the South would begin seceding from the Union. While he denied the legal right of states to secede, he also held that the Federal Government could not legally prevent them from doing so. This is the reason he tops of the U.S. News and World Report list of The 10 Worst Presidents. To learn more, click on these links:
White House: Biography of James Buchanan
American Experience: President James Buchanan (PBS)
Sonnet Erin Brown
Federal Documents Librarian
Subject Specialist: Legal Research/Political Science
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