To spay (medical term: ovariectomy or ovario-hysterectomy) is to completely remove the ovaries and often the uterus of a female animal.
At his inauguration, James Buchanan wasted little time clarifying his stand on the all-important slavery issue. Speaking to a crowd enjoying 1,200 gallons of ice cream furnished for the occasion, he declared slavery a matter for individual states and territories to decide.
Abraham Lincoln was the US president after Buchanan. Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States from 1861 March 4 to 1865 April 15.