Alexander Buckner (March 8, 1785June 6, 1833) was a
United States senator
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from
Missouri
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.
Biography
Born in
Jefferson County, Kentucky
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, he studied law and moved to
Charlestown, Indiana
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History
Charlestown was established in 1808, named after one of its surveyors, Charles Beggs, upon ...
in 1812. He moved to Missouri in 1818 and settled near
Jackson
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; he practiced law and also engaged in agricultural pursuits. He was appointed by the Territorial Governor as circuit attorney for the
Cape Girardeau
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district, and was president of the
State constitutional convention in 1820. He was a member of the
Missouri Senate
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from 1822 to 1826 and was elected to the U.S. Senate, serving from March 4, 1831, until his death due to
cholera
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in
Cape Girardeau County
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, 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.
[Smith, Dwight L. ''Goodly Heritage'' (Grand Lodge F. & A.M. of Indiana, 1968) pg.18]
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1785 births
1833 deaths
Politicians from Louisville, Kentucky
Missouri state senators
People from Cape Girardeau County, Missouri
United States senators from Missouri
Missouri Democratic-Republicans
Missouri Jacksonians
Deaths from cholera
Democratic-Republican Party United States senators
People from Charlestown, Indiana
19th-century American politicians
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