Floyd, John Buchanan
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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FLOYD, JOHN BUCHANAN 1807 63, U.S. Secretary of War...was contrary to his orders. When President Buchanan refused to allow him to order Anderson...became an ardent secessionist. The President, meanwhile, had requested his resignation...