Background
Buckner, Aylette was born on July 21, 1806 in Greensburg, Kentucky, United States. Son of Richard Aylett Buckner.
United States representative politician
Buckner, Aylette was born on July 21, 1806 in Greensburg, Kentucky, United States. Son of Richard Aylett Buckner.
He attended the New Athens Seminary, studied law, and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Greensburg, Kentucky.
He was elected as a Whig to the Thirtieth Congress (March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849) but was an unsuccessful candidate in 1848 for reelection to the Thirty-first Congress. After Congress, he moved to Saint Louis, Missouri and continued the practice of his profession. Later, he returned to Lexington, Kentucky in 1864, where he died in 1869.
He was buried at Lexington Cemetery.
Member Kentucky House of Representatives, 1842-1843. Member United States House of Representatives (Whig) from Kentucky, 30th Congress, 1847-1849.