Background
Buchanan was born in Smyth County, Virginia, and graduated from the University of Virginia in 1880.
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Benjamin Buchanan
Edit Profilepolitician member of Virginia State Senate
Education
University of Virginia.
Career
He also received an Bachelor of Laws from the University of Virginia in 1884. Buchanan practiced law in Marion and Abingdon. He also served as general counsel to the office of the United States comptroller of the currency from 1915 to 1921.
He served several terms in the Senate of Virginia representing Smyth and Washington Counties, where he became one of the General Assembly"s foremost authorities on taxation.
He served from February 1, 1918 to February 1, 1922. Buchanan died of a heart attack on February 21, 1932 in Richmond, where he was attending a session of the General Assembly.
He was buried in Round Hill Cemetery in Marion. In 1934 the General Assembly designated the road that became state highway 16 in Smyth County the B. F. Buchanan Highway.
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Political Party
Democratic party