James Buchanan Autographs
James Buchanan Jr. (/bjuːˈkænən/ bew-KAN-ən; April 23, 1791 – June 1, 1868) was the 15th president of the United States, serving from 1857 to 1861. Buchanan also served as the secretary of state from 1845 to 1849 and represented Pennsylvania in both houses of the U.S. Congress. He was an advocate for states' rights, particularly regarding slavery, and minimized the role of the federal government preceding the Civil War.
Buchanan was a lawyer in Pennsylvania and won his first election to the state's House of Representatives as a Federalist. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1820 and retained that post for five terms, aligning with Andrew Jackson's Democratic Party. Buchanan served as Jackson's minister to Russia in 1832. He won the election in 1834 as a U.S. senator from Pennsylvania and continued in that position for 11 years. He was appointed to serve as President James K. Polk's secretary of state in 1845, and eight years later was named as President Franklin Pierce's minister to the United Kingdom.
Beginning in 1844, Buchanan became a regular contender for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination. He was nominated and won the 1856 presidential election. As President, Buchanan intervened to assure the Supreme Court's majority ruling in the pro-slavery decision in the Dred Scott case. He acceded to Southern attempts to engineer Kansas' entry into the Union as a slave state under the Lecompton Constitution, and angered not only Republicans but also Northern Democrats. Buchanan honored his pledge to serve only one term and supported Breckinridge's unsuccessful candidacy in the 1860 presidential election. He failed to reconcile the fractured Democratic Party amid the grudge against Stephen Douglas, leading to the election of Republican and former Congressman Abraham Lincoln.
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Traded items with a signature of James Buchanan
The most expensive item with a signature of James Buchanan (2021-2022 TOPPS TRANSCENDENT PRESIDENT JAMES BUCHANAN CUT AUTOGRAPH AUTO 1/1) was sold in April 2023 for $5,599.00 while the cheapest item (Nobel For Economics James Buchanan Signed Card) found a new owner for $0.99 in January 2008. The month with the most items sold (7) was May 2012 with an average selling price of $34.99 for an autographed item of James Buchanan. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2015 with $1,100.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $2.95 was May 2016. In average, an autographed item from James Buchanan is worth $99.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of James Buchanan were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | "Nobel Prize in Economics" James Buchanan Hand Signed 2X3.25 Card COA | $99.99 |  |
| "Nobel Prize in Economics" James Buchanan Hand Signed 2X3.25 Card COA | $99.99 | |
| 1857 JAMES BUCHANAN SIGNED LAND GRANT 'NATHAN PALMER' ILLINOIS 320 ACRE DANVILLE | $189.99 | |
| 1857 JAMES BUCHANAN SIGNED LAND GRANT 'NATHAN PALMER' ILLINOIS 320 ACRE DANVILLE | $189.99 | |
| 1857 LAND DEED PRESIDENT JAMES BUCHANAN SECRETARY SIGNATURE | $49.99 | |
| 1857 LAND DEED PRESIDENT JAMES BUCHANAN SECRETARY SIGNATURE | $49.99 | |
| 1858 Plattsburg Missouri Land grant James Buchanan signature | $75.00 | |
| 1858 Plattsburg Missouri Land grant James Buchanan signature | $75.00 | |
| Antique Land Grant Document Deed 1860 President James Buchanan Signed | $65.00 | |
| Antique Land Grant Document Deed 1860 President James Buchanan Signed | $65.00 | |
| James Buchanan - Secretarially Signed 1857 Official Presidential Document | $54.00 | |
| James Buchanan - Secretarially Signed 1857 Official Presidential Document | $54.00 | |
| Nobel Prize In Economics James Buchanan Signed 4X6 Card Todd Mueller COA | $99.99 | |
| Nobel Prize In Economics James Buchanan Signed 4X6 Card Todd Mueller COA | $99.99 | |
| President James Buchanan signed Land Grant , Alabama Volunteers, War With Mexico | $202.50 | |
