James Buchanan 1857-1861

James Buchanan

March 4, 1957 to March 4, 1861

Year	Date	Document Title
1857	March 4, 1857	Buchanan’s Inaugural Address
	March 6, 1857	Scott v. Sandford
	March 7, 1857	“The Decision in the Case of Dred Scott”
	December 8, 1857	Buchanan’s First Annual Message to Congress
1858	February 2, 1858	Buchanan’s Message to Congress about Kansas & Nebraska
	March 3, 1858	Seward’s Speech to the Senate
	April 6, 1858	Buchanan’s Proclamation Respecting Mormon Rebellion in Utah
	April 7, 1858	Law Providing Mounted Volunteers for Texas
	April 19, 1858	Treaty with Yancton Tribe of Sioux
	May 4, 1858	Law Admitting Kansas into Union
	May 11, 1858	Law Admitting Minnesota into Union
	June 5, 1858	Law Authorizing Marking Boundary between Texas & U.S.
	June 8, 1858	Law Confirming Exchanging Lands with Christian Indians
	June 14, 1858	Buchanan’s Proclamation for a Special Session of the Senate
	June 16, 1858	Lincoln’s “House Divided” Speech
	June 19, 1858	Treaty between the U.S. and the Mendawakanton and Wahpakoota Bands of Dakota or Sioux Tribe of Indians
	September 15, 1858	Lincoln-Douglas Debates: Third Joint Debate
	October 15, 1858	Lincoln-Douglas Debates: Seventh Joint Debate
	December, 1858	Ableman v. Booth
	December 6, 1858	Buchanan’s Second Annual Message to Congress
1859	January 7, 1859	Buchanan’s Message to the House of Representatives about Mails from Missouri to California
	February 18, 1859	Buchanan’s Message to Congress about Canal in Central America
	February 26, 1859	Buchanan’s Proclamation for a Special Session of the Senate
	1859	Thoreau’s “A Plea for Captain John Brown”
	October 21, 1859	“Why John Brown Broke the Laws”
	November 2, 1859	Brown’s Last Speech
	1859	Garrison’s Speech on the Death of John Brown
	December 19, 1859	Buchanan’s Third Annual Message to Congress
1860	February 20, 1860	Buchanan’s Message to Congress Forwarding Memorials
	March 24, 1860	Law Protecting Female Passengers on Steamships
	March 26, 1860	Law Marking Boundary between California & U.S.
	March 28, 1860	Buchanan’s Message to The House of Representatives about Bribery
	April 5, 1860	Buchanan’s Message to the Senate about Treaty with Honduras
	April 28, 1860	Yancey’s Speech of Protest in the Charleston Convention
	May 9, 1860	Constitutional Union Party Platform (Bell)
	May 18, 1860	The Republican Party Platform of 1860 {excerpt}
	May 19, 1860	Buchanan’s Message to Congress about Capture of the Slaver “Wildfire”
	June 15, 1860	Law Incorporating the National Gallery & School of Arts
	June 15, 1860	Resolution Providing for Observation of Solar Eclipse
	June 16, 1860	Law Amending Prohibition Slave Trade
	June 16, 1860	Law Facilitating Telegraph Communication between Atlantic & Pacific
	June 18, 1860	Democratic Platform of 1860 (Douglas faction)
	June 19, 1860	Law Authorizing Divorces in D.C.
	June 22, 1860	Buchanan’s Veto of the Homestead Law
	June 22, 1860	Buchanan’s Protest to the House of Representatives
	June 25, 1860	Buchanan’s Proclamation for a Special Session of the Senate
	June 28, 1860	Democratic Platform of 1860 (Breckinridge Faction)
	November 10, 1860	Davis’ Letter to Robert Barnwell Rhett, Jr.
	1860	Georgia Resolutions on Secession (by County)
	December, 1860	Kentucky v. Dennison
	December 3, 1860	Buchanan’s Fourth Annual Message to Congress
	December 5, 1860	Lane’s Speech on the Election of Lincoln
	December 5, 1860	Hale’s Speech to the Senate
	December 5, 1860	Brown’s Speech to the Senate
	December 5, 1860	Iverson’s Speech to the Senate
	December 5, 1860	Wigfall’s Speech on Secession
	December 6, 1860	Powell's Resolution
	December 13, 1860	Johnson’s Resolution
	December 14, 1860	Buchanan’s Recommendation to the American People
	December 18, 1860	Lane’s Resolution
	December 18, 1860	Crittenden’s Peace Resolutions
	December 20, 1860	South Carolina’s Secession Ordinance
	December 24, 1860	Davis’ Resolution
	December 24, 1860	South Carolina Declaration of Causes of Secession
1861	January 3, 1861	Douglas’ Speech to the Senate on the State of the Union
	January 8, 1861	Buchanan’s Message to Congress on the Union
	January 9, 1861	Mississippi’s Secession Ordinance
	January 10, 1861	Florida’s Ordinance of Secession
	January 11, 1861	Alabama’s Secession Ordinance
	January 19, 1861	Georgia’s Secession Ordinance
	January 21, 1861	Davis’ Speech “On Withdrawing from the Union”
	January 26, 1861	Louisiana’s Secession Ordinance
	January 28, 1861	Buchanan’s Message to Congress about Virginia’s Legislature
	January 29, 1861	Law Admitting Kansas into Union
	February 4, 1861	First Session of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States
	February 8, 1861	Constitution for the Provisional Government
	February 11, 1861	Buchanan’s Proclamation for a Special Session of the Senate
	February 13, 1861	Joint Session of Congress to Decide the Presidential Election of 1860
	February 18, 1861	Davis’ Inaugural Address
	February 21, 1861	Lincoln’s Address to the New Jersey General Assembly
	February 23, 1861	Texas’ Secession Ordinance
	February 26, 1861	Davis’ Message to CSA Congress
	February 27, 1861	Davis’ Letter to President-elect Lincoln
	February 28, 1861	Davis’ Veto Message (Slave Trade)
	February 28, 1861	Law Establishing Colorado Territory
	March 2, 1861	Law Establishing Nevada Territory
	March 2, 1861	Law Establishing Dakota Territory
	March 2, 1861	Law Further Promoting Patents
	March 2, 1861	Joint Resolution to Amend U.S. Constitution
	March 2, 1861	Buchanan’s Message to the House of Representatives about Troops in D.C.

Last updated August 02, 2006