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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsJames BUFFINTON
(1817-1875)
BUFFINTON, James, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Fall River, Mass., March
16, 1817; attended the common schools, and Friends College,
Providence, R.I.; studied medicine but never practiced; engaged in
mercantile pursuits in Fall River; mayor of Fall River in 1854 and
1855; elected as a candidate of the American Party to the
Thirty-fourth Congress and as a Republican to the three succeeding
Congresses (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1863); chairman, Committee on
Accounts (Thirty-seventh Congress), Committee on Military Affairs
(Thirty-seventh Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in
1862; was mustered into the service April 24, 1861, and was
discharged June 15, 1861; special agent of the United States
Treasury and internal revenue collector for the district of
Massachusetts 1867-1869; elected as a Republican to the Forty-first
and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4,
1869, until his death in Fall River, Mass., March 7, 1875;
chairman, Committee on Accounts (Forty-second and Forty-third
Congresses); interment in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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