Aylette Buckner
Aylette Buckner (July 21, 1806 – July 3, 1869) was a United States Representative from Kentucky and the son of Richard Aylett Buckner who was also a Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Greensburg, Kentucky. He attended the , studied law, and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Greensburg, Kentucky.
Buckner was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1842 and 1843. He was elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849) but was an unsuccessful candidate in 1848 for reelection to the Thirty-first Congress. After Congress, he moved to St. Louis, Missouri and continued the practice of his profession. Later, he returned to Lexington, Kentucky in 1864, where he died in 1869. He was buried at Lexington Cemetery.
References[]
- United States Congress. "Aylette Buckner (id: B001032)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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- 1806 births
- 1869 deaths
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky
- Members of the Kentucky House of Representatives
- Kentucky Whigs
- Whig Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- People from Greensburg, Kentucky
- 19th-century American politicians