Which of the following men was serving as President at the time South Carolina seceded from the Union on December 20, 1860?

Roughly one month after the 1860 Presidential election that ensured Abraham Lincoln would be the 16th President of the United States, South Carolina seceded under the watch of President James Buchanan. Buchanan would be in office until March of 1861.

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