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This bachelor president became "Ten-Cent Jimmy" after he said that 10 cents a day was a fair wage |
Buchanan
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$800 |
DJ |
PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES |
2024-06-24 |
#9131 |
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Not highly regarded by historians, he's the 19th century president seen here |
Buchanan
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$1,000 |
J |
PRESIDENTS & FIRST LADIES |
2024-04-23 |
#9087 |
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"The Constitution does not confer upon Congress the power to interfere with slavery in the states" |
Buchanan
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$1,000 |
J |
FROM THE PRESIDENT'S MEMOIRS |
2022-12-20 |
#8767 |
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Briefly veep to 14th president Franklin Pierce, William Rufus DeVane King was roommates with this future 15th president |
(James) Buchanan
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$1,000 |
J |
VICE PRESIDENTS |
2021-04-13 |
#8377 |
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Published in 1866, his "Administration on the Eve of Rebellion" |
Buchanan
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$1,000 |
J |
BOOKS BY PRESIDENTS |
2021-01-27 |
#8323 |
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In the 1850s, "Old Buck" |
(James) Buchanan
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$800 |
J |
PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES |
2020-04-06 |
#8196 |
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Though he served Penn. in the Senate from 1834 to 1845, he supported pro-slavery Southern positions; he didn't get better as pres. |
Buchanan
DD
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$2,400 |
J |
HE WAS SENATOR & PRESIDENT |
2019-03-27 |
#7958 |
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John Breckinridge, veep to this president, 1857-1861, hightailed it out of the U.S. to escape treason charges |
Buchanan
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$400 |
J |
PUTTING THE VICE IN VICE PRESIDENT |
2018-05-18 |
#7765 |
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The president just before Lincoln, he called slavery "a great political & a great moral evil" but didn't do much about it |
Buchanan
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$1,000 |
J |
HAIL TO THE CHIEF |
2016-02-03 |
#7228 |
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He told Lincoln in 1861, "if you are as happy on entering the White House as I on leaving, you are a very happy man indeed" |
Buchanan
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$1,600 |
DJ |
HAIL TO THE CHIEF |
2014-02-12 |
#6773 |
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June 1, 1868 near Lancaster, Pennsylvania |
(James) Buchanan
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$1,200 |
DJ |
THE PRESIDENT IS DEAD |
2012-11-29 |
#6489 |
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In saying there was no "right of secession" but not backing it up, his PTCWOL (push the Civil War onto Lincoln) is huge |
(James) Buchanan
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$800 |
DJ |
MY PRESIDENTIAL FANTASY DRAFT |
2011-03-23 |
#6113 |
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7 of the 15 slave states had seceded, but he simply let them go. & would he ever find the right gal to marry? (Nope) |
Buchanan
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$600 |
J |
AMERICAN PRESIDENT: THE SOAP OPERA |
2010-03-16 |
#5877 |
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Education and Work: Secretary of State, Minister to U.K.; Relationship Status: Single |
Buchanan
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$400 |
J |
PRESIDENTIAL FACEBOOK PAGES |
2009-09-29 |
#5757 |
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John Brown captured the arsenal at Harpers Ferry |
Buchanan
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$800 |
J |
HE WAS PRESIDENT WHEN... |
2009-06-16 |
#5717 |
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He told Lincoln, "If you are as happy in entering the White House as I feel on returning (home), you are a happy man indeed |
(James) Buchanan
DD
|
$3,000 |
DJ |
HAIL TO THE CHIEF |
2009-05-15 |
#5695 |
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Before reaching the Oval Office, this bachelor president served as minister to Russia in the 1830s |
James Buchanan
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$1,600 |
DJ |
PRESIDENTS & FIRST LADIES |
2008-09-15 |
#5521 |
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"Bachelor President" |
James Buchanan
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$400 |
DJ |
PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES |
2007-12-05 |
#5348 |
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His memoirs of his "Administration on the Eve of the Rebellion" were published in 1866 |
James Buchanan
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$1,000 |
J |
HAIL TO THE CHIEF |
2007-03-23 |
#5195 |
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In his last annual address to Congress, Dec. 1860, he warned the South that secession was unconstitutional |
(James) Buchanan
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$2,000 |
DJ |
HAIL TO THE CHIEF |
2007-02-07 |
#5163 |
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South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union |
Buchanan
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$400 |
J |
HE WAS PRESIDENT WHEN... |
2006-01-23 |
#4921 |
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1857-1861 |
James Buchanan
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$1,000 |
J |
PRESIDENTIAL TERMS OF SERVICE |
2003-10-03 |
#4385 |
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William King, Pierce's VP, used to be the roommate of this bachelor president |
James Buchanan
|
$400 |
DJ |
VICE PRESIDENTS |
2002-12-19 |
#4214 |
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"Ten-Cent Jimmy", as well as "Old Buck" |
James Buchanan
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$1,000 |
J |
PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES |
2002-10-11 |
#4165 |
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This president seenherewas 65 years old when he took office in 1857 |
(James) Buchanan
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$1,600 |
DJ |
HAIL TO THE CHIEF |
2002-09-09 |
#4141 |
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John Brown made his most famous raid while this man was president |
James Buchanan
DD
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$1,000 |
DJ |
HAIL TO THE CHIEF |
2001-04-23 |
#3841 |
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In 1819 his engagement was broken off; he never married |
James Buchanan
|
$600 |
DJ |
HAIL TO THE CHIEF |
1999-02-11 |
#3329 |
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March 4, 1857-March 3, 1861 |
James Buchanan
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$400 |
J |
PRESIDENTIAL TERMS OF SERVICE |
1998-06-30 |
#3202 |
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This "Bachelor President" was affectionately nicknamed "Old Buck" |
James Buchanan
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$1,000 |
DJ |
PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES |
1997-11-20 |
#3044 |
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As a senator, he shared lodgings with future vice president William Rufus Devane King |
James Buchanan
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FJ |
U.S. PRESIDENTS |
1997-02-27 |
#2884 |
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In 1856 he defeated an incumbent president to win the Democratic nomination |
James Buchanan
DD
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$1,000 |
DJ |
U.S. PRESIDENTS |
1997-01-08 |
#2848 |
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During this bachelor's administration, his niece Harriet Lane served as White House hostess |
(James) Buchanan
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$600 |
DJ |
U.S. PRESIDENTS |
1996-12-02 |
#2821 |
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When elected president in 1856, he had just served 3 years as minister to Great Britain |
James Buchanan
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$600 |
DJ |
U.S. PRESIDENTS |
1996-06-14 |
#2730 |
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The 1857 Dred Scott decision, 2 days into his term, complicated his efforts to unify the country |
James Buchanan
DD
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$2,000 |
DJ |
U.S. PRESIDENTS |
1995-12-18 |
#2601 |
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This bachelor was the last president born in the 18th century |
James Buchanan
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$400 |
J |
HAIL TO THE CHIEF |
1995-05-23 |
#2482 |
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After his fiancee Anne Coleman died, he apparently vowed never to marry, & he never did |
James Buchanan
DD
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$2,000 |
DJ |
HAIL TO THE CHIEF |
1994-02-24 |
#2189 |
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When the Prince of Wales visited the White House in 1860, this president had to sleep in the hallway |
Buchanan
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$1,000 |
DJ |
U.S. PRESIDENTS |
1993-03-25 |
#1979 |
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One of his 1856 slogans was "Buck and Breck"; Breck was John Breckinridge |
(James) Buchanan
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$1,000 |
DJ |
PRESIDENTS |
1992-12-16 |
#1908 |
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He was nicknamed "Old Buck" & "The Bachelor President" |
Buchanan
|
$800 |
DJ |
U.S. PRESIDENTS |
1992-07-16 |
#1834 |
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"Old Buck" |
James Buchanan
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$1,000 |
DJ |
PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES |
1991-01-08 |
#1467 |
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Ann Caroline Coleman died shortly after breaking off her engagement to this man & he never married |
(James) Buchanan
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$800 |
DJ |
PRESIDENTS |
1990-09-17 |
#1386 |
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1,200 quarts of ice cream & a cake 4 feet high were served at his March 4, 1857 inaugural |
James Buchanan
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$1,000 |
DJ |
U.S. PRESIDENTS |
1990-05-17 |
#1329 |
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The only president who never married, he was also the only president born in Pennsylvania |
James Buchanan
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$600 |
DJ |
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA |
1990-01-12 |
#1240 |
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When Jefferson Davis became president of the C.S.A., this man was president of the United States |
Buchanan
DD
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$1,200 |
DJ |
PRESIDENTS |
1989-11-01 |
#1188 |
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He was the only president who never married, in or out of office |
James Buchanan
|
$600 |
DJ |
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA |
1989-01-03 |
#1002 |
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Jackson's amb. to Russia, Polk's Sec'y of State, Pierce's amb. to Britain & our 15th president |
(James) Buchanan
|
$800 |
DJ |
PRESIDENTS |
1988-10-03 |
#936 |
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Of A. Johnson, M. Fillmore or J. Buchanan, the only 1 who didn't marry his reading tutor |
James Buchanan
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$400 |
DJ |
PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA |
1988-01-27 |
#788 |
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Weak eye muscles & crossed eyes caused this bachelor pres. to walk with a habitual tilt of the head |
Buchanan
|
$600 |
DJ |
PRESIDENTIAL AILMENTS |
1986-11-20 |
#509 |
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"Old Buck" |
James Buchanan
|
$1,000 |
DJ |
PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES |
1985-10-30 |
#298 |