A nickname applied to President James Buchanan.
1856. At another time [he was an advocate] of low tariffs and low wages, till he came to be called, as perhaps he deserved to be, “Ten-cent Jimmy.”—Mr. Underwood of Kentucky, House of Repr., Aug. 5: Cong. Globe, p. 1169, App. [At this time Mr. Buchanan was the Democratic nominee.]
