James Buchanan: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
John Bassett Moore (compiler and ed.), The Works of James Buchanan, 12 vol. (1908–11, reissued 1960), collects his speeches, state papers, and private correspondence. Philip Shriver Klein, President James Buchanan (1962, reprinted 1987), is a useful biography. Jean Baker, James Buchanan (2004), is a concise and clear if somewhat negative biography; and Robert Strauss, Worst. President. Ever.: James Buchanan, the POTUS Rating Game, and the Legacy of the Least of the Lesser Presidents (2016), is even less reserved in its damning assessment of Buchanan’s presidency. John W. Quist and Michael J. Birkner (eds.), James Buchanan and the Coming of the Civil War (2012), considers the complexities of the historical moment of Buchanan’s presidency. Frederick Moore Binder, James Buchanan and the American Empire (1994), studies Buchanan’s foreign policy work prior to his term as president. A convenient summary of Buchanan’s embroilment is Michael J. Birkner (ed.), James Buchanan and the Political Crisis of the 1850s (1996). Elbert B. Smith, The Presidency of James Buchanan (1975), studies the Buchanan administration in the years leading up to the Civil War. David Reisman, The Political Economy of James Buchanan (1990), focuses on the economic policy of the Buchanan administration.
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Article History
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| Modified link of Web site: Essential Civil War Curriculum - James Buchanan. | Oct 16, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: History Facts - 8 U.S. Presidents Who Struggled in School. | Aug 05, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | May 28, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Apr 19, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Buchanan the Peacemaker? | Mar 28, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: The American Presidency Project - James Buchanan Event Timeline. | Dec 06, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Heritage History - James Buchanan. | Oct 24, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC News - James Buchanan: Worst US president? | Aug 02, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 13, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Legends of America - James Buchanan 15th President. | Jan 13, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Essential Civil War Curriculum - James Buchanan. | Nov 18, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Tulane University - James Buchanan. | Sep 12, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Free Speech Center at Middle Tennessee State University - James Buchanan. | Aug 01, 2024 | ||
| Added an interactive timeline of the Buchanan presidency; revised existing media. | Jul 30, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Feb 19, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: American History Central - James Buchanan. | Feb 16, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Civil War on the Western Border - James Buchanan. | Dec 05, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Pennsylvania Center for the Book - Biography of James Buchanan. | Oct 10, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Biography of James Buchanan. | Jan 06, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Battlefield Trust - James Buchanan. | Apr 03, 2022 | ||
| Removed cross-reference and table. | Apr 17, 2020 | ||
| Added video. | Oct 12, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Easy Science for Kids - Biography of James Buchanan. | Jun 04, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Mr.Nussbaum - Biography of James Buchanan. | Jun 04, 2017 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Mar 01, 2017 | ||
| Added cross-references. | Mar 01, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Miller Center - James Buchanan. | Dec 02, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: History Central - Biography of James Buchanan. | Dec 02, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Maps of World - Biography of James Buchanan the 15th President of US. | Mar 20, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: U.S. Department of State - Office of the Historian - Biographies of the Secretaries of State: James Buchanan (1791�1868). | Mar 20, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: USA 4 Kids - Biography of James Buchanan. | Mar 20, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Park Service - Biography of James Buchanan. | Mar 20, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Park Service - Biography of James Buchanan. | Mar 20, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Heritage History - Biography of James Buchanan. | Mar 20, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States History - James Buchanan. | Mar 20, 2013 | ||
| Added timeline. | Apr 14, 2011 | ||
| Added photograph. | Mar 16, 2011 | ||
| Added image of a marble sculpture of James Buchanan by Henry Dexter. | Dec 14, 2010 | ||
| Subheads added. | Nov 05, 2009 | ||
| Redesigned election results table added. | Nov 03, 2009 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Aug 04, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Spectrum Biographies - Biography of James Buchanan. | Feb 21, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: The White House Historical Association - The Households of James Buchanan. | Nov 03, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: AmericanPresident.org - James Buchanan - A Life in Brief. | Jun 21, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | May 21, 2004 | ||
| Article revised. | Dec 11, 2002 | ||
| Article revised. | Sep 06, 2002 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 16, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 28, 1999 |