Arthur Stillingfleet Buchanan (August 14, 1856 – December 25, 1919) was a justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1910 to 1918. Born in DeSoto County, Mississippi to Benjamin B. and Eliza (Smith) Buchanan, Buchanan received an LL.B. from the University of Mississippi in 1879 and gained

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that same year."Judge Buchanan Dies in Memphis", ''Nashville Banner'' (December 26, 1919), p. 2. He served in the

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in 1885 and 1886, moving to Memphis, Tennessee in 1887. On December 17, 1910, Governor

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appointed Buchanan to fill a seat on the Tennessee Supreme Court vacated by the death of

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. Buchanan was elected to the seat in his own right in 1912, running unopposed. He resigned on January 1, 1918, due to ill health and a desire to return to private practice in Memphis. Following his resignation from the court, he represented clients including the Guaranty Bank & Trust Company, Mississippi Delta Planting Company, Empire Planting Company, and Delta Farms Company. Buchanan and his wife "occupied a prominent place in society both in Nashville and Memphis". Buchanan died in his home in Memphis at the age of 63.

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1856 births 1919 deaths People from DeSoto County, Mississippi University of Mississippi alumni Members of the Mississippi House of Representatives Justices of the Tennessee Supreme Court {{Tennessee-state-judge-stub