Rep. James Buchanan, R-Sarasota, took the first step this week toward trying to succeed Sen. Joe Gruters, R-Sarasota. Buchanan opened a campaign account to run in 2026 in Senate District 22, which is ...

James Buchanan had tried for the Democratic nomination several times and finally succeeded in 1856, in large part because as Ambassador to Great Britain, he had been absent during the controversies ...

This is not about James Buchanan, the 15th President of ... regulating every aspect of activity, while being unable to put its own fiscal house in order,” he said. To Buchanan, Switzerland is a good ...

Born: April 23, 1791, in Stony Batter, Pennsylvania... Buchanan presided over the dissolution of the Union. His faith that the legal system would resolve the slavery issue locked him into inaction.