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

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

Biography

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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 cholerainCape 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 MasterofMasons in 1818.[1]

See also

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References

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


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