This future president led the "Amalgamator" faction in his home state.
This future president led the "Amalgamator" faction in his home state. He was a longtime friend and roommate of the only Vice President to be sworn in on Cuban soil, William Rufus King. As president, he ardently supported the pro-slavery Lecompton Constitution for Kansas. Along with John Mason and Pierre Soulé, he signed the (*) Ostend Manifesto. Late in his term, Congress tried to stem factionalism with the Crittenden Compromise. For 10 points, name this bachelor President who won the election of 1856 and served as president on the eve of the Civil War.
This future president led the "Amalgamator" faction in his home state.
James {Buchanan}