In this episode, Patrick Clarke, Director of President James Buchanan's Wheatland, shares the policies and politics of James Buchanan’s time as President so we can think about how our ancestors may have supported those policies. The politics of the 1850’s was an interesting time in American history and one I wish I could ask my ancestors about.
Wheatland was Buchanan’s home in Lancaster County, PA. You can visit there virtually or in person for tours and experience life in early 1800’s Pennsylvania.
Timestamps:
[00:02:25] Patrick Clarke Intro
[00:05:55] Buchanan’s career prior to President
[00:09:28] Buchanan’s Presidential run
[00:15:25] Buchanan’s popularity in Pennsylvania
[00:23:04] The Bleeding Kansas controversy
[00:29:35] Buchanan’s religious faith
[00:33:14] Buchanan’s niece and the family pets
Links:
James Buchanan Presidential Library https://www.lancasterhistory.org/research/james-buchanan-presidential-library/
President James Buchanan’s Wheatland https://www.lancasterhistory.org/about-wheatland/
Maps and photos from Wikicommons and the entry of James Buchanan on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Buchanan
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Music: My Days Have Been So Wondrous and Free, composed by Francis Hopkinson in 1788 in Philadelphia, www.amclassical.com, Creative Commons license, some rights reserved.
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