Seaborn Jesse Buckalew Jr. (December 6, 1920 – May 11, 2017) was an American lawyer, politician, and judge.

Biography

Born in

Dallas Dallas () is the List of municipalities in Texas, third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of metropolitan statistical areas, fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 ...

, Texas, Buckalew served in the

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during

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. He also served in the

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in 1951 and 1952. He received his bachelor's degree from

Texas A&M University Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, A&M, or TAMU) is a public, land-grant, research university in College Station, Texas. It was founded in 1876 and became the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System in 1948. As of late 2021, T ...

in 1942 and his law degree from Stetson University College of Law in 1949. He was admitted to the Florida bar. In 1950, Buckalew moved to

Anchorage Anchorage () is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alaska by population. With a population of 291,247 in 2020, it contains nearly 40% of the state's population. The Anchorage metropolitan area, which includes Anchorage and the neighboring Ma ...

Alaska Territory The Territory of Alaska or Alaska Territory was an organized incorporated territory of the United States from August 24, 1912, until Alaska was granted statehood on January 3, 1959. The territory was previously Russian America, 1784–1867; the ...

where he practiced law. He also served as prosecutor for the Alaska Territory. Buckalew served in the Alaska Constitutional Convention of 1955. From 1955 to 1959, Buckalew served in the Alaska Territorial House of Representatives. In 1959 and 1960, Buckalew served in the

Alaska Senate The Alaska State Senate is the upper house in the Alaska Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska. It convenes in the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau, Alaska and is responsible for making laws and confirming or rejecting gub ...

. In 1971, he served as district attorney for Anchorage, Alaska. From 1973 to 1988, Buckalew served on the Alaska Superior Court. Buckalew died in Anchorage, Alaska.

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