Presidency Chart – James Buchanan (15th) (1857 - 1861)
Election of 1856 |
Major Items during Buchanan’s Presidency |
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Dred Scott Decision (1857) LeCompton Constitution Panic
of 1857 Lincoln-Douglas
Debates (1858) John
Brown’s Raid Ableman v. Booth(1859) Secession
of SC and Creation of the Confederacy Crittenden
Compromise |