Buckner Thruston (February 9, 1763 – August 30, 1845) was an American lawyer, slaveowner and politician who served as United States Senator from Kentucky as well as in the Virginia House of Delegates and became a United States circuit judge of the United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia.
Buckner Thruston
Born 1764 in Gloucester County, VA
Died 1845 in Washington, DC
FJC ID: 2819
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- U.S. senator from Kentucky1805–1809
- Private practice, Lexington, Kentucky1788–1789, 1791–1792, 1794–1802, 1803–1805
- Kentucky Circuit CourtJudge · 1802–1803
- Kentucky State SenateClerk · 1792–1794
- boundary dispute between Kentucky and VirginiaCommissioner · 1791
- Kentucky State District CourtJudge · 1791
- VirginiaState delegate · 1789
Appointments
- Circuit Court of the District of Columbia1809–1845 · Appointed by James Madison (Jeffersonian Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- College of William and MaryA.B. · 1783