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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—ConnecticutBUCKINGHAM, William Alfred
(1804—1875)
Senate Years of Service:
1869-1875
Party:
Republican
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.
Bibliography
American National Biography
; Dictionary of American Biography
; Buckingham, Samuel G. The Life of William A. Buckingham
. Springfield: W.F. Adams Co., 1894; U.S. Congress. Memorial Addresses
. 43rd Cong., 2nd sess., 1874-1875. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1875.
Buckingham, Samuel Giles. The Life of William A. Buckingham, the War Governor of Connecticut
. Springfield, MA: W.F. Adams Co., 1894.
Chapman, Frederick William. The Buckingham Family
. Hartford, CT: Conn, Case, Lockwood Brainard, 1872.
U.S. Congress. Memorial Addresses on the Life and Character of Wm. A. Buckingham (Senator of Connecticut), Delivered in the Senate and House of Representatives
. 43d Cong., 2d sess., 1874-1875. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1875.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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