Alexander Buckner

Alexander Buckner
United States Senator from Missouri
In office March 4, 1831 – June 6, 1833
Preceded by	David Barton
Succeeded by	Lewis F. Linn
Member of the Missouri Senate
In office 1822–1826
Personal details
Born	(1785-03-08)March 8, 1785 Jefferson County, Kentucky
Died	June 6, 1833(1833-06-06) (aged 48) Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
Political party	Jacksonian

Alexander Buckner (March 8, 1785 – June 6, 1833) was a United States senator from Missouri.

Biography

Born in Jefferson County, Kentucky, he studied law and moved to Charlestown, Indiana in 1812. He moved to Missouri in 1818 and settled near Jackson; he practiced law and also engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was appointed by the Territorial Governor as circuit attorney for the Cape Girardeau district, and was president of the State constitutional convention in 1820. He was a member of the Missouri Senate from 1822 to 1826 and was elected to the U.S. Senate, serving from March 4, 1831, until his death due to cholera in Cape Girardeau County, 1833. Interment was on his farm in Cape Girardeau County; reinterment was in City Cemetery, Cape Girardeau, in 1897.

Buckner was instrumental in its founding of the Grand Lodge of Indiana and served as the first Grand Master of Masons in 1818.^[1]

See also

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)

References

1. Smith, Dwight L. Goodly Heritage (Grand Lodge F. & A.M. of Indiana, 1968) pg.18

External links

• United States Congress. "Alexander Buckner (id: B001030)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Alexander Buckner at Find a Grave

U.S. Senate
Preceded by David Barton	U.S. senator (Class 3) from Missouri 1831–1833 Served alongside: Thomas H. Benton	Succeeded by Lewis F. Linn