The Worst President? Meet James Buchanan

Podcast: History As It Happens · Martin Di Caro

Opublikowano: 2026-10-02

Subscribe for ad-free listening, early access, and all of our bonus content! In leafy Meridian Hill Park in Washington, D.C., there stands a bronze statue of the fifteenth president of the United States. Only an inscription etched in the surrounding marble identifies its subject: BUCHANAN. Yes, a statue to the terrible James Buchanan, who interfered in a notorious Supreme Court ruling, consistently took the side of the Southern Slave Power, and barely lifted a finger to save the Union after seven states seceded on his watch. Is it fair to lambast this...