To mock this man's ambitions of social advancement, his political opponents accused him of bleeding himself to make his blood appear more blue.
To mock this man's ambitions of social advancement, his political opponents accused him of bleeding himself to make his blood appear more blue. Early in his career, he led an agrarian political faction called the Amalgamators. As Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, this man managed the impeachment of James Peck, a federal judge from Missouri, while as Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee he attempted to block the Webster-Ashburton Treaty. In his highest office, this man turned down an offer from the King of Siam to send elephants to aid in American agriculture. This man named a treaty with Sir Richard Pakenham, which set the northern boundary of the United States at the 49th parallel. Along with J.Y. Mason and Pierre Soule, this man signed the Ostend Manifesto. Crises in this man's cabinet included the stormy resignation of Lewis Cass and attempts by War Secretary John Floyd to move entire arsenals of weapons to the south. For 10 points, name this Pennsylvanian who was president at the start of the Civil War.
To mock this man's ambitions of social advancement, his political opponents accused him of bleeding himself to make his blood appear more blue.
James Buchanan