In his lone election, this man ran with William Rufus King as his running mate and defeated his commanding officer from the Mexican-American War, Winfield Scott. This man's Minister to Spain recommended either purchasing Cuba or taking it by force in the Ostend Manifesto. To gain land for the Southern Pacific Railroad, this man's Secretary of War a
In his lone election, this man ran with William Rufus King as his running mate and defeated his commanding officer from the Mexican-American War, Winfield Scott. This man's Minister to Spain recommended either purchasing Cuba or taking it by force in the Ostend Manifesto. To gain land for the Southern Pacific Railroad, this man's Secretary of War arranged the Gadsden Purchase. Stephen Douglas convinced this man to repeal the Missouri Compromise and allow popular sovereignty to decide whether slavery would be legal in two certain territories. For 10 points, name this Democratic fourteenth President who signed the Kansas-Nebraska Act, succeeded by James Buchanan.
In his lone election, this man ran with William Rufus King as his running mate and defeated his commanding officer from the Mexican-American War, Winfield Scott.