James Buffinton

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James Buffinton was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.

He was born in Fall River, Mass., March 16, 1817; attended the common schools, and Friends College, Providence, R.I.; studied medicine but never practiced; engaged in mercantile pursuits in Fall River; mayor of Fall River in 1854 and 1855; elected as a candidate of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth Congress and as a Republican to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1855-March 3, 1863); chairman, Committee on Accounts (Thirty-seventh Congress), Committee on Military Affairs (Thirty-seventh Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in 1862; was mustered into the service April 24, 1861, and was discharged June 15, 1861; special agent of the United States Treasury and internal revenue collector for the district of Massachusetts 1867-1869; elected as a Republican to the Forty-first and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1869, until his death in Fall River, Mass., March 7, 1875; chairman, Committee on Accounts (Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses); interment in Oak Grove Cemetery.

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Preceded by
Samuel L. Crocker
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 2nd congressional district

March 4, 1855March 3, 1863
Succeeded by
Oakes Ames
Preceded by
Thomas D. Eliot
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 1st congressional district

March 4, 1869March 7, 1875
Succeeded by
William W. Crapo