Alexander McKenzie Buchanan (March 1, 1805 – August 26, 1868) was a justice of the
Louisiana Supreme Court from May 4, 1853, to May 6, 1862.
Born in
New York City
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, Buchanan
read law in the office of
Louisiana Supreme Court Justice
Isaac Trimble Preston
Isaac Trimble Preston (1793 – July 4, 1852) was a 19th-century Louisiana lawyer, politician, and Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court.
Preston was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, the son of Francis Preston. In a letter to James Madison, ...
, gaining
admission to the bar in 1826.
Buchanan was a judge of the Fourth District Court before his ascension to the supreme court bench.
[''Celebration of the Centenary of the Supreme Court of Louisiana'' (March 1, 1913), in John Wymond, Henry Plauché Dart, eds., ''The Louisiana Historical Quarterly'' (1922), p. 118.] He later served as the city attorney for
from 1867 to 1868.
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1805 births
1868 deaths
Lawyers from New York City
U.S. state supreme court judges admitted to the practice of law by reading law
Justices of the Louisiana Supreme Court
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