In the months before Lincoln's inauguration, President James Buchanan tried to deal with the situation.

VOA: special.2009.07.16

President-elect Lincoln rode to the ceremony with outgoing President James Buchanan.

VOA: special.2009.07.30

James Buchanan was sworn-in as president at the time of the Dred Scott case.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

The position hasn't been such a good career move since the 1850s, when James Buchanan became possibly the least successful president ever.

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