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The Contenders

For the presidential election of 1856, the Democrats nominated James

Buchanan and John Breckenridge, the newly formed Republican party nominated

John Fremont and William Drayton, the American [or Know-Nothing] party

nominated former president Millard Fillmore and Andrew Donelson, and the

Abolition Party nominated Gerrit Smith and Samuel McFarland.

Buchanan started his political career as a state representative in

Pennsylvania, was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1821,

appointed minister to Russia in 1832, and elected US Senator in 1834. He was

appointed Secretary of State in 1845 by President Polk

and in that capacity helped forge the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which

ended the Mexican War. He was appointed by President Polk as minister to

Great Britain in 1853. As such, he, along with the American ministers to

Spain and France, issued the Ostend Manifesto, which recommended the

annexation of Cuba to the United States. This endeared him to......


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