A provocative reconsideration of a presidency on the brink of Civil War Almost no President was as well trained and well prepared for the office as James Buchanan.
Virtually all of his intentions.
And yet, by every measure except his own, James Buchanan was a miserable failure as president, leaving office in disgrace.
Senate; he was Secretary of State and was even offered a seat on the Supreme Court.
House, and the U.
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He had served in the Pennsylvania state legislature, the U.
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A provocative reconsideration of a presidency on the brink of Civil War Almost no President was as well trained and well prepared for the office as James Buchanan