William Alfred Buckingham

Infobox Governor
name = William Alfred Buckingham

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order = 26th
office = Governor of Connecticut
term_start = 1858
term_end = 1866
lieutenant = Julius Catlin (1858-1861)
Benjamin Douglas (1861-1862)
Roger Averill (1862-1866)
predecessor = Alexander H. Holley
successor = Joseph R. Hawley
order2 = United States Senator
from Connecticut
term_start2 = March 4, 1869
term_end2 = February 5, 1875
predecessor2= James Dixon
successor2 = William W. Eaton
birth_date = May 28, 1804
birth_place = Lebanon, Connecticut
death_date = death date and age|1875|2|5|1804|5|28
death_place = Norwich, Connecticut
party = Republican
spouse =
profession =
religion =

William Alfred Buckingham (May 28 1804 - February 5 1875) was a Republican United States Senator from Connecticut.

Born in Lebanon, Connecticut, Buckingham attended the common schools and Bacon Academy in Colchester, Connecticut. He engaged in mercantile pursuits and in manufacturing. He served as the mayor of Norwich, Connecticut from 1849 to 1850, and again form 1856 to 1857. He then served as Governor of Connecticut from 1858 to 1866, after which he resumed his former business pursuits.

Buckingham was elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4 1869 until his death in 1875. While in the Senate, Buckingham served as chairman of the Committee on Engrossed Bills, the Committee on Investigation and Retrenchment, and the Committee on Indian Affairs. He was interred in Yantic Cemetery in Norwich.

ources

* 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. from 1874 to 1875. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1875.