Background
Buchanan, Archibald C. was born on January 7, 1890 in Tazewell, Virginia, United States. Son of A. Beauregard and Nannie E. (Chapman) Buchanan.
Buchanan, Archibald C. was born on January 7, 1890 in Tazewell, Virginia, United States. Son of A. Beauregard and Nannie E. (Chapman) Buchanan.
Bachelor of Arts, Hampden-Sydney College, 1910. Bachelor of Laws, Washington and Lee University, 1914, Doctor of Laws, 1949.
Bar, 1914; general practice state and federal courts, 1915-1927. Member of law partnership, Chapman, Peery and Buchanan, Tazewell, Virginia, judge 22d judicial circuit of Virginia, 1927-1946. Justice Supreme Court Appeals of Virginia, 1946-1969.
Mayor, Tazewell, Virginia, 1917-1921. Commissioner of accounts, Tazewell County, 1919-1927. Member Judicial Council Virginia, 1928-1932.
Chairman of Commission of judges to fix salaries of trial justices of Virginia and their clerks, 1942-1946. Committee of Judiciary of Virginia State Bar, 1941-1946.
Member of law partnership, Chapman, Peery and Buchanan, Tazewell, Virginia, judge 22d judicial circuit of Virginia, 1927-1946. Member Judicial Council Virginia, 1928-1932. Member American Bar Association, Virginia Historic Society, Virginia Bar Association, Pi Kappa Alpha, Phi Delta Phi, Phi Beta Kappa.
Clubs: Tazewell County Country, Rotary, Commonwealth.
Married Ollie McCall, December 18, 1915. Children: Sara (Mistress Herbert Silvers) (deceased), Archibald C.