The Commander-in-Chief and the Constitution: James Buchanan and the secession crisis of 1860-61

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2010
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Haverford College. Department of History
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During the crucial four-month period from Abraham Lincoln's election in November 1860 to his inauguration in March 1861, the nation was presented with the threat of secession and civil war. A lame-duck president in James Buchanan was forced to preside over the crisis. Buchanan's goal in those four months was to avoid full-scale hostilities and possibly construct a compromise.
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