President James Buchanan and his cabinet. Left to right, Jacob Thompson (Secretary of the Interior), Lewis Cass (State), John B. Floyd (War), President Buchanan, Howell Cobb (Treasury), Isaac Toucey (Navy), Joseph Holt (Postmaster-General) and Jeremiah S. Black (Attorney-General). (Photo by Matthew Benjamin Brady.)
When Abraham Lincoln was elected presid…
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