Background
Buckner, Aylett Hawes was born on December 14, 1816 in Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States.
United States representative politician
Buckner, Aylett Hawes was born on December 14, 1816 in Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States.
Born in Fredericksburg, Virginia, Buckner attended Georgetown College, Washington, District of Columbia, and the University of Virginia at Charlottesville. He studied law.
He engaged in teaching for several years. He moved to Palmyra, Missouri, in 1837. He served as deputy sheriff.
He was admitted to the bar in 1838 and commenced practice in Bowling Green, Missouri.
He became editor of the Salt River Journal. Buckner was elected clerk of the Pike County Court in 1841.
He moved to Saint Louis, Missouri, in 1850 and continued the practice of law. Attorney for the Bank of the State of Missouri in 1852.
He was appointed commissioner of public works in 1854 and served until 1855.
He returned to Pike County and settled on a farm near Bowling Green. Buckner was elected judge of the third judicial circuit in 1857. He served as delegate to the convention held in Washington, District of Columbia, in 1861 in an effort to devise means to prevent the impending war.
He moved to Saint Charles, Missouri, in 1862 and became interested in the manufacture of tobacco in Saint Louis.
He also engaged in mercantile pursuits. He moved to Mexico, Audrain County.
He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1872. Buckner was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-third and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1885).
He served as chairman of the Committee on District of Columbia (Forty-fourth Congress), Committee on Banking and Currency (Forty-fifth, Forty-sixth, and Forty-eighth Congresses).
He declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1884 and retired from public life. He died in Mexico, Missouri, February 5, 1894. He was interred in Elmwood Cemetery.
Member Democratic Central Committee, 1868. Member United States House