Life of James Buchanan, Fifteenth President of the United States. v. 1 (of 2)
CHAPTER XVII.
1843–1844.
Buchanan elected to the Senate for a Third Term—Efforts of 515 his Pennsylvania Friends to have him nominated for the Presidency—Motives of his Withdrawal from the Canvass—The Baltimore Democratic Convention of 1844 nominates Mr. Polk—The Old Story of “Bargain and Corruption”—Private Correspondence