Richard Aylett Buckner

Richard Aylett Buckner (born July 16, 1763 in Fauquier County , Colony of Virginia , †  December 18, 1847 in Greensburg , Kentucky ) was an American politician . Between 1823 and 1829 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Richard Buckner enjoyed a good elementary school education. In 1803 he came to Green County in Kentucky, where he was employed, among other things, as a teacher. After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1811, he began to work in this profession in Greensburg. He also became a prosecutor in Green County. Politically, Buckner was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party . He was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1813 and 1815 . He later joined the movement around John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay , which was in opposition to Andrew Jackson and his Democratic Party , which was founded in 1828 .

In the congressional election of 1822 Buckner was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the eighth constituency of Kentucky , where he succeeded James D. Breckinridge on March 4, 1823 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1829 . These were overshadowed by the heated discussions between supporters of his party and those of Andrew Jackson. From 1825 Buckner was chairman of the committee that dealt with private land claims.

In the elections of 1828 Buckner was defeated by the Democrat Nathan Gaither . In December 1831, he was appointed appeals judge on the Kentucky Court of Appeals; but he gave up this office again after a short time. In 1832 he ran unsuccessfully for governor of Kentucky. Between 1837 and 1839 Buckner was again a member of the state parliament. During this time he turned to the Whig Party . In 1836 and 1840 he was one of their electors in the presidential election, each of which voted for William Henry Harrison . Buckner was a judge from 1845 until his death in 1847.

Richard Buckner was the father of Aylette Buckner (1806-1869), who also represented the state of Kentucky in Congress between 1847 and 1849.

Web links

• Richard Aylett Buckner in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Richard Buckner Aylett in the database of Find a Grave (English)