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Lampkin</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mellette-memorial.html#262.76.20">Buckner F. Melton</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morris.html#801.77.49">Buckner Stith Morris</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parker5.html#339.82.14">John Milliken Parker</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pierce.html#789.56.25">Carleton C. Pierce</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/roberts3.html#146.73.79">Edward Gallatin Roberts</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith1.html#582.73.18">Buckner J. Smith</a> — <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thornwell-thurlow.html#372.81.60">Buckner Thruston</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="091.04.80">Buckner, Alexander</a> (1785-1833)</b> — of Jackson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CG-lived.html">Cape Girardeau County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-born.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1785/index.html">1785</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/cncn1.html">delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention</a> from Cape Girardeau County, 1820; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 13th District, 1822-25; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Missouri</a>, 1831-33; died in office 1833. Slaveowner. Died of Asiatic <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/cholera.html">cholera</a> during an epidemic, in Cape Girardeau, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CG-died.html">Cape Girardeau County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1833/06-06.html">June 6, 1833</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/47.html">about 47 years</a>). Original interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CG-buried.html#cms04862">a private or family graveyard</a>, Cape Girardeau County, Mo.; reinterment in 1897 at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/CG-buried.html# ">Old Lorimier Cemetery</a>, Cape Girardeau, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001030">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401980">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/18249">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="672.52.62">Buckner, Aylett Hawes</a> (1816-1894)</b> — also known as <b>Aylett H. Buckner</b> — of Mexico, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/AU-lived.html">Audrain County</a>, Mo. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/fb-born.html">Fredericksburg</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/12-14.html">December 14, 1816</a>. Democrat. Circuit judge in Missouri, 1857; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Missouri</a>, 1873-85 (13th District 1873-83, 7th District 1883-85). Slaveowner. Died in Mexico, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/AU-died.html">Audrain County</a>, Mo., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1894/02-05.html">February 5, 1894</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/77.html">77 years, 53 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/AU-buried.html#cms03226">Elmwood Cemetery</a>, Mexico, Mo. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Bailey Buckner and Mildred (Strother) Buckner; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1841/09-16.html">September 16, 1841</a>, to Eliza L. Clark; grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haver-hawkesworth.html#091.92.58">Aylett Hawes</a>; first cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#364.87.98">John Strother Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#801.68.68">Albert Gallatin Pendleton</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haver-hawkesworth.html#586.38.93">Richard Hawes</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haver-hawkesworth.html#022.65.25">Albert Gallatin Hawes</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/talcott-talley.html#653.94.15">Sidney Fletcher Taliaferro</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor9.html#681.60.97">Zachary Taylor</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/haver-hawkesworth.html#659.83.99">Harry Bartow Hawes</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#399.89.85">John Walker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#567.76.22">George Madison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker3.html#075.40.98">Francis Walker</a> and <a href="#854.96.20">Richard Aylett Buckner</a>; second cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tyler.html#283.62.28">John Tyler (1747-1813)</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="#403.69.94">Aylette Buckner</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bronstein-brookover.html#987.19.36">Robert Brooke</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#668.97.58">Meriwether Lewis</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tyler.html#008.32.15">John Tyler (1790-1862)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stroock-stryker.html#515.86.97">Max Rogers Strother</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilmann-gilmer.html#411.04.00">Thomas Walker Gilmer</a> and <a href="#950.82.94">James Francis Buckner Jr.</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#420.57.73">Robert Pryor Henry</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#279.31.86">Francis Taliaferro Helm</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#915.76.70">John Flournoy Henry</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#916.73.04">Gustavus Adolphus Henry</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#913.23.45">Thomas Stanhope Flournoy</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tyler.html#693.28.14">David Gardiner Tyler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tyler.html#361.09.63">Lyon Gardiner Tyler</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#626.93.98">Key Pittman</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#191.68.30">Vail Montgomery Pittman</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0015.html">Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0055.html">Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison family</a> of Kentucky; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0999.html">Tyler family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001031">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401981">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/6927535">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="403.69.94">Buckner, Aylette</a> (1806-1869)</b> — of Kentucky. Born in Greensburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/GE-born.html">Green County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1806/07-21.html">July 21, 1806</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a>, 1842; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 4th District, 1847-49. Died in Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-died.html">Fayette County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/07-03.html">July 3, 1869</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/62.html">62 years, 347 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-buried.html#cms00359">Lexington Cemetery</a>, Lexington, Ky. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Elizabeth Lewis (Buckner) Buckner and <a href="#854.96.20">Richard Aylett Buckner</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#626.93.98">Key Pittman</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#191.68.30">Vail Montgomery Pittman</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="#950.82.94">James Francis Buckner Jr.</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#399.89.85">John Walker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker3.html#075.40.98">Francis Walker</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bronstein-brookover.html#987.19.36">Robert Brooke</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#567.76.22">George Madison</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#668.97.58">Meriwether Lewis</a> and <a href="#672.52.62">Aylett Hawes Buckner</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor9.html#681.60.97">Zachary Taylor</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#420.57.73">Robert Pryor Henry</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#279.31.86">Francis Taliaferro Helm</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#915.76.70">John Flournoy Henry</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilmann-gilmer.html#411.04.00">Thomas Walker Gilmer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#916.73.04">Gustavus Adolphus Henry</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#913.23.45">Thomas Stanhope Flournoy</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#364.87.98">John Strother Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#801.68.68">Albert Gallatin Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sparling-spellman.html#727.99.67">James Speed</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#772.04.59">Charles John Helm</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#617.52.86">Hubbard Dozier Helm</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0015.html">Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0055.html">Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison family</a> of Kentucky; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0999.html">Tyler family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001032">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401982">Govtrack.us page</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="623.18.78">Buckner, B. P.</a></b> — of Houston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/HR-lived.html">Harris County</a>, Tex. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/ofc/houston.html">Mayor of Houston, Tex.</a>, 1847-48. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="664.83.33">Buckner, Bill</a></b> — of Strawn, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/PP-lived.html">Palo Pinto County</a>, Tex. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/TX.html">1972</a>. Still living as of 1972. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="682.73.87">Buckner, Collin</a> (1768-1836)</b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ly-lived.html">Lynchburg</a>, Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/CL-born.html">Caroline County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1768/index.html">1768</a>. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ofc/lynchburg.html#2">Lynchburg, Va.</a>, 1815-18. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/presbyterian.html">Presbyterian</a>. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ly-died.html">Lynchburg</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1836/02-29.html">February 29, 1836</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/67.html">about 67 years</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/ly-buried.html#cms02774">Presbyterian Cemetery</a>, Lynchburg, Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1816/">1816</a> to Martha Doswell (sister-in-law of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#794.87.46">Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell</a>; aunt of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#372.07.63">William Lewis Cabell</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cabana-cadwalader.html#448.18.40">George Craighead Cabell</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0012.html">Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0031.html">Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0001.html">Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family</a> of Connecticut and New York; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0736.html">Walker-Randolph family</a> of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/126964411">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="220.77.20">Buckner, D. P.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/KE-lived.html">Kenton County</a>, Ky. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/seccn.html">Delegate to Kentucky secession convention</a>, 1861. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="685.29.18">Buckner, Emory Roy</a> (1877-1941)</b> — also known as <b>Emory R. Buckner</b> — of Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-lived.html">New York County</a>, N.Y. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/PT-born.html">Pottawattamie County</a>, Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1877/08-07.html">August 7, 1877</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/ofc/usatty.html">U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York</a>, 1925-27. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>. Died in Manhattan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NY/NY-died.html">New York County</a>, N.Y., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1941/03-11.html">March 11, 1941</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 216 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Rev. J. D. M. Buckner and Sarah A. (Ellis) Buckner; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1901/04-04.html">April 4, 1901</a>, to Katherine Keach.</span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="464.14.35">Buckner, Gail</a></b> — Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sos.html">secretary of state of Georgia</a>, 2010. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2010. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="378.55.40">Buckner, George Washington</a> (1855-1943)</b> — also known as <b>George W. Buckner</b> — Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/born-slavery.html">slavery</a> near Greensburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/GE-born.html">Green County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1855/12-01.html">December 1, 1855</a>. U.S. Minister to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/LB-diplomats.html ">Liberia</a>, 1913-15; U.S. Consul General in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/LB-consuls.html ">Monrovia</a>, as of 1914. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/african.html">African</a> ancestry. Died in Evansville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VA-died.html">Vanderburgh County</a>, Ind., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1943/02-17.html">February 17, 1943</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/87.html">87 years, 78 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VA-buried.html#cms00708">Oak Hill Cemetery</a>, Evansville, Ind. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Presumably named for:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/washington.html#466.36.08">George Washington</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;">The Buckner Towers <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-buildings.html">public housing</a> development, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/VA-names.html">Evansville, Indiana</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/buckner-george-washington ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="839.89.71">Buckner, Gordon H.</a></b> — of St. Clair, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/SC-lived.html">St. Clair County</a>, Mich. Republican. Acting postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/saintclair.html#2">St. Clair, Mich.</a>, 1954-59. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="728.87.32">Buckner, Henry M.</a></b> — of Covington, Campbell County (now <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/KE-lived.html">Kenton County</a>), Ky. Born in Virginia. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/covington.html#2">Covington, Ky.</a>, 1815-17. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="950.82.94">Buckner, James Francis, Jr.</a> (1849-1923)</b> — also known as <b>James F. Buckner</b> — of Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-lived.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky. Born in Hopkinsville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/CH-born.html">Christian County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1849/05-06.html">May 6, 1849</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 5th Kentucky District, 1879; delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1880/KY.html">1880</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/GU-consuls.html">Honorary Consul for Guatemala</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-consuls.html">Louisville, Ky.</a>, 1896-99; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CX-consuls.html">Consul-General for Central America</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-consuls.html">Louisville, Ky.</a>, 1897-98; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/HO-consuls.html">Consul-General for Honduras</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-consuls.html">Louisville, Ky.</a>, 1898-1907; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/NC-consuls.html">Consul-General for Nicaragua</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-consuls.html">Louisville, Ky.</a>, 1899-1907. Died, from <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">angina pectoris</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/stroke.html">cerebral hemorrhage</a>, in Louisville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-died.html">Jefferson County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1923/09-19.html">September 19, 1923</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/74.html">74 years, 136 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/JF-buried.html#cms00479">Cave Hill Cemetery</a>, Louisville, Ky. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of James Francis Buckner and Gabriella Lewis (Hawkins) Buckner; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1887/02-01.html">February 1, 1887</a>, to Susan Yandell; first cousin twice removed of <a href="#854.96.20">Richard Aylett Buckner</a>; first cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#567.76.22">George Madison</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="#403.69.94">Aylette Buckner</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#399.89.85">John Walker</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tyler.html#283.62.28">John Tyler (1747-1813)</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker3.html#075.40.98">Francis Walker</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#626.93.98">Key Pittman</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#191.68.30">Vail Montgomery Pittman</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor9.html#681.60.97">Zachary Taylor</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bronstein-brookover.html#987.19.36">Robert Brooke</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#668.97.58">Meriwether Lewis</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tyler.html#008.32.15">John Tyler (1790-1862)</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="#672.52.62">Aylett Hawes Buckner</a>; fourth cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#420.57.73">Robert Pryor Henry</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#915.76.70">John Flournoy Henry</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#364.87.98">John Strother Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#916.73.04">Gustavus Adolphus Henry</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#801.68.68">Albert Gallatin Pendleton</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#913.23.45">Thomas Stanhope Flournoy</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0055.html">Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison family</a> of Kentucky; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0015.html">Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0375.html">Bullitt-Speed-Fry-Henry family</a> (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/95277454">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="895.67.06">Buckner, John C.</a></b> — of Chicago, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1912/IL.html">1912</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="640.61.46">Buckner, LaMar</a></b> — of Ogden, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/UT/WE-lived.html">Weber County</a>, Utah. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Utah, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/UT.html">1960</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/committees.html">Committee on Permanent Organization</a>). Still living as of 1960. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="920.48.47">Buckner, Lucy</a></b> — also known as <b>Lucy Buckner-Watson</b> — of Inver Grove Heights, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/DA-lived.html">Dakota County</a>, Minn. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Minnesota, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2008/MN.html">2008</a>; candidate for Presidential Elector for Minnesota. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="039.46.39">Buckner, Murrell</a></b> — of Dallas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DA-lived.html">Dallas County</a>, Tex. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1940/TX.html">1940</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="059.28.63">Buckner, Mrs. Murrell L.</a></b> — of Dallas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/TX/DA-lived.html">Dallas County</a>, Tex. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/TX.html">1924</a> (member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1924/committees.html">Credentials Committee</a>). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="327.08.76">Buckner, R. A., Jr.</a></b> — of Greensburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/GE-lived.html">Green County</a>, Ky. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1884/KY.html">1884</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="854.96.20">Buckner, Richard Aylett</a> (1784-1847)</b> — also known as <b>Richard A. Buckner</b> — of Greensburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/GE-lived.html">Green County</a>, Ky. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/FQ-born.html">Fauquier County</a>, Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1784/02-05.html">February 5, 1784</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a>, 1813-15, 1837-39; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Kentucky</a> 8th District, 1823-29; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/coajd.html">Judge, Kentucky Court of Appeals</a>, 1831; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Kentucky</a>, 1832; candidate for Presidential Elector for Kentucky; circuit judge in Kentucky, 1845. Slaveowner. Died in Greensburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/GE-died.html">Green County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1847/12-08.html">December 8, 1847</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 306 days</a>). Interment in private or family graveyard. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Aylette Buckner (1745-1807) and Judith Presley (Thornton) Buckner; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1805/10-07.html">October 7, 1805</a>, to Elizabeth Lewis Buckner; father of <a href="#403.69.94">Aylette Buckner (1806-1869)</a>; great-granduncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#626.93.98">Key Pittman</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pinkerton-pittoni.html#191.68.30">Vail Montgomery Pittman</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="#950.82.94">James Francis Buckner Jr.</a>; second cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#399.89.85">John Walker</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker3.html#075.40.98">Francis Walker</a>; second cousin twice removed of <a href="#672.52.62">Aylett Hawes Buckner</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bronstein-brookover.html#987.19.36">Robert Brooke</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/maddock-magerman.html#567.76.22">George Madison</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis6.html#668.97.58">Meriwether Lewis</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/taylor9.html#681.60.97">Zachary Taylor</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#420.57.73">Robert Pryor Henry</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#279.31.86">Francis Taliaferro Helm</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#915.76.70">John Flournoy Henry</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilmann-gilmer.html#411.04.00">Thomas Walker Gilmer</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/henry.html#916.73.04">Gustavus Adolphus Henry</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fleury-flye.html#913.23.45">Thomas Stanhope Flournoy</a>; third cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#364.87.98">John Strother Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendleton.html#801.68.68">Albert Gallatin Pendleton</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sparling-spellman.html#727.99.67">James Speed</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#772.04.59">Charles John Helm</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/helm.html#617.52.86">Hubbard Dozier Helm</a>; third cousin thrice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/smith4.html#648.72.43">Hubbard T. Smith</a>.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"> <i>Political families:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0015.html">Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0055.html">Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison family</a> of Kentucky; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0999.html">Tyler family</a> of Virginia; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0158.html">Pendleton-Lee family</a> of Maryland (subsets of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001033">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401983">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard Aylett Buckner">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/37821202">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="875.20.17">Buckner, Richard B.</a></b> — of San Jose, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/SC-lived.html">Santa Clara County</a>, Calif. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/sanjose.html">Mayor of San Jose, Calif.</a>, 1860-61. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="447.70.48">Buckner, Simon B.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-lived.html">Cook County</a>, Ill. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/adgen.html">Adjutant General of Illinois</a>, 1857; appointed 1857; resigned 1857. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="221.16.76">Buckner, Simon Bolivar</a> (1823-1914)</b> — also known as <b>Simon Buckner</b> — of Munfordville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/HT-lived.html">Hart County</a>, Ky. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/HT-born.html">Hart County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1823/04-01.html">April 1, 1823</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Kentucky</a>, 1887-91; Gold Democratic candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/pres-vp.html">Vice President of the United States</a>, 1896. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/HT-died.html">Hart County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/01-08.html">January 8, 1914</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/90.html">90 years, 282 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FR-buried.html#cms00550">Frankfort Cemetery</a>, Frankfort, Ky. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Presumably named for:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/pols-named-for-famous.html">Simon Bolivar</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Relatives:</i> Son of Aylett Hartswell Buckner and Elizabeth Ann (Morehead) Buckner; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1850/05-02.html">May 2, 1850</a>, to Mary Kingsbury; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1885/05-10.html">May 10, 1885</a>, to Delia Hayes Claiborne; father of Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner.</span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>Cross-reference:</i> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tate.html#831.04.44">James W. Tate</a></span></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"><span style="font-size:8pt;"><i>See also</i> <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/simon-bolivar-buckner/">National Governors Association biography</a></span></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="065.93.12">Buckner, Thomas R.</a></b> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/PI-lived.html">Pike County</a>, Mo. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/sthse.html">Missouri state house of representatives</a> from Pike County, 1895-96. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="869.79.22">Buckner, William A.</a></b> — of Bowling Green, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/CL-lived.html">Caroline County</a>, Va. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1860/VA.html">1860</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="000.34.12">Buckner, William A.</a></b> — of Evarts, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/HR-lived.html">Harlan County</a>, Ky. Republican. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a> 89th District, 1958-59. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <b><a name="988.72.19">Buckner, William F.</a></b> — of Watseka, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/IR-lived.html">Iroquois County</a>, Ill. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1924/IL.html">1924</a>. 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