Charles W. Buckley

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(18 February, 1835 – 4 December, 1906) Buckley was a chaplain, superintendent, and politician. Charles W. Buckley was born in Unadilla, Ostego County, N.Y. He later moved to Freeport, Illinois, and later, Montgomery, Alabama. Buckley was at first a superintendent of education for the Bureau of Refugees and Freedmen up and until he became a member of the state’s constitutional convention in 1867. He served in the 40th, 41st, and 42nd, Congresses from 21 of July, 1868 to the 3rd of March, 1873, in addition to the Republican National Convention in 1896. Source: ‘Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present,’ available at https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=B001025

Member of Alabama Delegation—United States Fifteenth Amendment, Alabama Delegation—The Civil Rights Act of 1875.

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