Joseph Buffum Jr. (September 23, 1784 – February 24, 1874) was an American politician and a

U.S. Representative The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they c ...

from

New Hampshire New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the nor ...

Early life

Born in Fitchburg, Worcester County,

Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

, Buffum attended the public schools and the local academy. He graduated from

Dartmouth College Dartmouth College (; ) is a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although founded to educate Native ...

in 1806, and studied law.

Career

Buffum practiced in Westmoreland and

Keene, New Hampshire Keene is a city in, and the seat of Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 23,047 at the 2020 census, down from 23,409 at the 2010 census. Keene is home to Keene State College and Antioch University New England. It ...

. Elected as a

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to the

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Congress, Buffum was

United States Representative The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together the ...

for the fourth district of New Hampshire from (March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821). After leaving the House, he was appointed judge of the court of common pleas on January 21, 1825.

Death

Buffum never married; engaged in agricultural pursuits and died in Westmoreland, Cheshire County,

on February 24, 1874. He is

interred Burial, also known as interment or inhumation, is a method of final disposition whereby a dead body is placed into the ground, sometimes with objects. This is usually accomplished by excavating a pit or trench, placing the deceased and objec ...

in South Village Cemetery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Buffum, Joseph Jr. 1784 births 1874 deaths Dartmouth College alumni Politicians from Fitchburg, Massachusetts New Hampshire lawyers Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Hampshire 19th-century American politicians People from Westmoreland, New Hampshire 19th-century American lawyers