Charles Waldron Buckley

Republican Representative of Alabama's 2nd district

Congresses Served

House Terms

February 18, 1835 (71 years old)

Birthday

December 4, 1906

Death

Attended public schools in Unadilla, New York, and Freeport, Illinois.
Graduated from Beloit College, Wisconsin, in 1860 and from Union Theological Seminary, New York City, in 1863.
Served in the Union Army during the American Civil War as a chaplain from February 9, 1864, to January 5, 1866.
Worked as Alabama superintendent of education for the Bureau of Refugees and Freed Men in 1866 and 1867.
Served as delegate to the Alabama constitutional convention in 1867.
Engaged in agricultural pursuits, banking, the fire insurance business, and mining after the Civil War.
Elected as a Republican to the Fortieth Congress and re-elected for two subsequent terms, serving from July 21, 1868, to March 3, 1873.
Did not seek renomination in 1872.
Served as probate judge of Montgomery County from 1874 to 1878.
Held the position of postmaster of Montgomery during 1881–1885, 1890–1893, and 1897–1906.
Served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1896.
Died in Montgomery, Alabama, on December 4, 1906.