James Buchanan had tried for the Democratic nomination several times and finally succeeded in 1856, in large part because as Ambassador to Great Britain, he had been absent during the controversies ...

On March 4, 1857, James Buchanan was sworn in as the 15th president of the United States, at the first presidential-inauguration ceremony to ever be photographed. John Wood, who worked as the ...

Born: April 23, 1791, in Stony Batter, Pennsylvania... Buchanan presided over the dissolution of the Union. His faith that the legal system would resolve the slavery issue locked him into inaction.

The inaugural parade of 1857, on a March day that was surprisingly warm, celebrated President-elect James Buchanan with something new to Washington parades: floats. There was the “Goddess of ...