Background
BUFORD, Rivers Henderson was born on January 18, 1878 in Pulaski, Tennessee, United States. Son of Albert and Mattie Bowling (Rivers) Buford.
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Rivers Henderson Buford
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Public schools and in law office of Frederick T. Myers, of Tallahassee, Florida, m. Mary C. Munroe, September 14, 1904 (died September 13, 1924).
Career
Admitted to Florida bar, 1900, and practiced in Wewahitchka, later at Qunicy and Marianna. Member Florida House of Representatives, 1901. Prosecuting attorney Gadsden County, 1909-1911.
State’s attorney Marianna Judicial Circuit, 1912-1921. Attorney general of Florida, term January 4, 1921-January 1925. Reelected attorney general, term January 1925-1929.
Resigned December 4, 1925, and same day appointed justice of Supreme Court of Florida. Elected same office for term, 1927-1933, chief justice, March 1931-January 1933. Designated chief justice for term January 1943-January 1945.
Justice Supreme Court, from 1925.
Politics
Baptist churches should celebrate the racial, cultural and theological diversity witnessed within its membership.
Views
Church members should meet regularly in order to be accountable to each other about how each person is living the Christian life.
Membership
Member: F. and Master of Arts. Shriners; Woodmen of the World.
Connections
Married second, Mary Hollingsworth, January 27, 1926.
