Background
Buckson was born at Townsend, Delaware, son of Leon and Margaret Hutchison Buckson.
attorney general governor lawyer
Buckson was born at Townsend, Delaware, son of Leon and Margaret Hutchison Buckson.
He graduated from the University of Delaware in 1941 with a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the United States. Army.
Afterwards he resumed studies for a legal career, attending Dickinson College Law School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. In 1955 Buckson was appointed a Judge in the Court of Common Pleas. A year later, in 1956, he was elected Lieutenant Governor, defeating Vernon Derrickson.
He served one term from January 15, 1957 to December 30, 1960.
Near the end of his term, in 1960, he sought the Republican Party nomination for Governor, but lost it to John West. Rollins. However, he became Governor upon the resignation of Governor J. Caleb Boggs, who left to start his first United States. Senate term, and served the remaining 18 days of Boggs" second term.
In 1962, Buckson was elected Delaware State Attorney General and served two terms, from January 15, 1963 until January 19, 1971. He was a candidate for Governor again in 1964, when he lost to Democratic former Chief Justice Charles L. Terry, Junior., and finally in 1972, when he failed to receive the Republican nomination.
Buckson was later appointed by Governor Sherman West. Tribbitt to be a Judge in the Family Court of Delaware where he earned a reputation for dispatching justice in the most efficient, judicious, and evenhanded manner.
Buckson was the first Delaware attorney to have offices in more than one county. He has also been City Solicitor for the Delaware municipalities of Newark, Middletown, Townsend, Smyrna, Clayton, and Dover, all at the same time. Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1.
The Lieutenant Governor and State Attorney General take office the third Tuesday of January and both have four-year terms, filling the Governor office when it was vacated.
Hall of Governors Portrait Gallery. Portrait courtesy of Historical and Cultural Affairs, Dover.
He is a veteran of World World War II and a member of the Republican Party, who served as the 15th Lieutenant Governor of Delaware, the 63rd Governor of Delaware and the 37th Attorney General of Delaware. They were members of the Methodist Church.