JAMES BUCHANAN     fifteenth president 1857-1861   Born 1791 to wealthy Pennsylvania family   Elected to House of Representatives five times   Senate ten years   His service overseas won the democrats’ vote   Weak president   Nation was sharply divided over slavery question   Tried to solve based on Constitution and courts   Dred Scott case said slaves are property and can’t take away.   Northerners furious   Southern states’ anger rose during his term   Vice president John C. Breckinridge   One-term president   Died 1868

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