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Which President Was Doughface?

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Which President Was Doughface? The two U.S. Presidents preceding Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan, were both commonly referred to as doughfaces. Stephen A. Douglas was severely criticized by Lincoln as the “worst doughface of them all”, even though he broke with his party over the Lecompton Constitution for Kansas in 1857. Why was

Who Was The 15th President Of The United States?

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Who Was The 15th President Of The United States? James Buchanan, (born April 23, 1791, near Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died June 1, 1868, near Lancaster, Pennsylvania), 15th president of the United States (1857–61), a moderate Democrat whose efforts to find a compromise in the conflict between the North and the South failed to avert the Civil