Buckner Thruston
Personal
Birthday:
2/9/1764
Birthplace:
Gloucester County, VA
Date of Death:
8/30/1845
Place of Death:
Washington, DC
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
Private practice, Lexington, Kentucky, 1788-1789, 1791-1792, 1794-1802, 1803-1805
State delegate, Virginia, 1789
Commissioner, boundary dispute between Kentucky and Virginia, 1791
Judge, Kentucky State District Court, 1791
Clerk, Kentucky State Senate, 1792-1794
Judge, Kentucky Circuit Court, 1802-1803
U.S. senator from Kentucky, 1805-1809
Nominated and confirmed to Superior Court for the Territory of Orleans, 1805; declined
Education
Name of School:
College of William and Mary
Degree:
A.B.
Degree Year:
1783 Judicial Career
Court Name:
Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
President Nominating:
James Madison
Party Affiliation of President:
Jeffersonian Republican
Commission Date:
12/14/1809
Termination Date:
08/30/1845
Termination Reason:
Death