Joseph Buffum

Democratic Republican Representative of New Hampshire

Congresses Served

House Terms

September 23, 1784 (89 years old)

Birthday

February 24, 1874

Death

American politician who served as a U.S. Representative.
Born in Massachusetts and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1806.
Practiced law in New Hampshire, specifically in Westmoreland and Keene.
Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democratic-Republican for a term from 1819 to 1821.
Appointed as a judge of the court of common pleas in 1825 after his congressional term.
Engaged in agricultural pursuits later in life.
Died in 1874 and is buried in South Village Cemetery in New Hampshire.