Buckingham, William Alfred

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    Full name
    William Alfred Buckingham
    Place of Birth
    Birth Date Certainty
    Exact
    Death Date Certainty
    Exact
    Gender
    Male
    Race
    White
    Sectional choice
    North
    Origins
    Free State
    Education
    Other
    Other Education
    Bacon Academy, Colchester, CT
    Occupation
    Politician
    Businessman
    Relation to Slavery
    White non-slaveholder
    Political Parties
    Whig
    Republican
    Government
    US Senate
    Governor
    Local government

    William Alfred Buckingham (Congressional Biographical Directory)

    Reference
    BUCKINGHAM, William Alfred, a Senator from Connecticut; born in Lebanon, Conn., May 28, 1804; attended the common schools and Bacon Academy, Colchester, Conn.; engaged in mercantile pursuits and in manufacturing; mayor of Norwich, Conn. 1849-1850, 1856-1857; Governor of Connecticut 1858-1866; resumed his former business pursuits; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1869, until his death in Norwich, Conn., February 5, 1875; chairman, Committee on Engrossed Bills (Forty-first and Forty-second Congresses), Committee on Investigation and Retrenchment (Forty-second Congress), Committee on Indian Affairs (Forty-third Congress); interment in Yantic Cemetery, Norwich, Conn.
    "Buckingham, William Alfred," Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 to Present, http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001021.
    Chicago Style Entry Link
    Buckingham, Samuel Giles. The Life of William A. Buckingham, the War Governor of Connecticut. Springfield, MA: W. F. Adams Co., 1894. view record
    How to Cite This Page: "Buckingham, William Alfred," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/17255.