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Buchanan, James (Lawyer jurist congressman)

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born June 17, 1839, in Ringoes, N. J. He was a member of the board of education of Trenton, N. J., in 1868-69; was presiding judge of Mercer county during 1874-79; and was a member of the common council of Trenton in 1883-85. He was elected to the forty-ninth, fiftieth, fifty-first and fifty-second congresses as a republican. BUCHANAN, JOHN ALEXANDER, soldier, lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 7, 1843, in Smyth county, Va. He served as a private in the Stonewall brigade, confederate army; was taken prisoner at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863, and remained in prison until February, 1865. He was a member of the house of delegates of Virginia from 1885 until 1887; and was elected to the fifty-first and fiftysecond congresses as a democrat.