Buchanan told him that slavery in the territory must be decided on the votes of the people of the territory.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

President Buchanan had promised the people of Kansas that they would have a fair chance to vote on their constitution.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

The attorney general and the secretary of state threatened to resign if President Buchanan gave in to South Carolina's demands.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

His mind had lost its sharpness. This did not worry Buchanan, because he had planned to be his own foreign minister.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

Buchanan said he expected the Supreme Court to rule soon on the right of the people of a territory to decide this.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

Buchanan said the South had good reason to leave the Union if abolitionists continued their attacks against slavery.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

The woman he loves,Daisy Buchanan, is part of the very rich world that Fitzgerald found so different.

VOA: special.2010.11.28

As the new president,Buchanan believed he could solve the slave question by keeping the abolitionists quiet.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

A few lawmakers hoped President Buchanan, in his yearly message to Congress, might propose a compromise.

VOA: special.2009.07.16

In forming his cabinet, Buchanan did not ask for advice from Senator Stephen Douglas of Illinois.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

As we said last week, James Buchanan of Pennsylvania won the presidential election of eighteen fifty-six.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

Then he asked for Buchanan's help in getting one of the northern members of the court to vote with the five from the South.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

In Washington, President Buchanan and Secretary of War John Floyd did not learn of the rebellion at Harpers Ferry until after ten o'clock that morning.

VOA: special.2009.06.25

This week on our series, Jack Moyles and Stan Busby tell more about James Buchanan.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

Buchanan believed the Supreme Court's decision would put an end to the dispute over slavery.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

At the time he said this, Buchanan already knew what the court's decision would be.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

In the months before Lincoln's inauguration, President James Buchanan tried to deal with the situation.

VOA: special.2009.07.16

James Buchanan was sworn-in as president at the time of the Dred Scott case.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

A man named Thomas Kane asked President Buchanan to let him go to Utah.

VOA: special.2009.06.04

As president,Buchanan believed he could solve the slavery question by keeping the Abolitionists quiet.

VOA: special.2009.05.07

In choosing his cabinet, Buchanan wanted men who shared the same ideas and interests.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

Buchanan had said that the constitutional rights of the southern states should be protected.

VOA: special.2009.05.07

Buchanan gave the job of Secretary of State to Lewis Cass of Michigan.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

Then Buchanan called on the South to accept the election of Abraham Lincoln.

VOA: special.2009.07.16

He told President Buchanan that he did not want a job or money.

VOA: special.2009.06.04

They told Buchanan that approval of the constitution would end the Kansas problem.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

"The fact is," Buchanan said, "that our Union rests upon public opinion.

VOA: special.2009.07.16

Pierce's other opponent for the Democratic nomination was James Buchanan of Pennsylvania.

VOA: special.2009.05.07