James Buffinton
(March 16, 1817 — March 7, 1875) Buffinton was a businessman and politician. James Buffinton was born in Fall River, Massachusetts. He studied medicine in college but never practiced, instead he entered the mercantile business. Buffinton served as the mayor of Fall River from 1854 to 1855. He was elected as an American Party candidate to the Thirty-Fourth Congress and again as a Republican to the three succeeding Congresses from March 4, 1855 to March 3, 1863. After working as a special agent to the United States Treasury, he was again elected as a Republican to the Forty-First, Forty-Second, Forty-Third, and Forty-Fourth Congresses from March 4, 1869 until his death on March 7, 1875.
[Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/B001040]
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Massachusetts Delegation - The Civil Rights Act of 1875
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