| 词条 | James P. Buchanan |
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| name=James Paul Buchanan | image name=James P. Buchanan.jpg | state=Texas | district=10th | party=Democratic Party | term_start=April 15, 1913 | term_end=February 22, 1937 | preceded=Albert S. Burleson | succeeded=Lyndon B. Johnson | birth_date={{birth date|1867|04|30}} | birth_place=Midway, Orangeburg County, South Carolina | death_date={{death date and age|1937|02|22|1867|04|30}} | death_place=Washington, D.C. |restingplace=Prairie Lea Cemetery, Brenham, Texas | spouse= | children= | religion= | occupation=Attorney | residence= | alma_mater= }} James Paul "Buck" Buchanan (30 April 1867 – 22 February 1937) served as U.S. Representative from the 10th district of Texas from 1913 until his death on 22 February 1937. BiographyBuchanan was born in Midway, Orangeburg County, South Carolina on April 30, 1867; later that year, his family moved to Texas and settled near Chapel Hill in Washington County. He attended the local schools of Chapel Hill, and in 1889 he received his law degree from the University of Texas at Austin Later in 1889, Buchanan began a law practice in Washington County, and almost immediately became involved in politics as a Democrat. He served as a county justice of the peace from 1889 to 1892, and as the county's prosecuting attorney from 1892 to 1899. From 1899 to 1906, Buchanan was the district attorney for the twenty-first judicial district. Buchanan was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1906 to 1913. In 1913, he was elected to the Sixty-third Congress, filling the vacancy left by the resignation of Albert Sidney Burleson. Buchanan was elected to a full term in the Sixty-fourth Congress, and won reelection eleven times. He served in the US House from April 15, 1913 to February 22, 1937, and was the chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations from 1933 until his death. During the 1930s, Buchanan was recognized as a member of the Miller Group, conservative Democrats who were opposed to Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal, and led by lobbyist Henry Pomeroy Miller.[1] Death and burialBuchanan died in Washington, DC on February 22, 1937. He was buried at Prairie Lea Cemetery in Brenham, Texas. He was succeeded in Congress by Lyndon B. Johnson, then the head of the National Youth Administration in Texas, who later became the 36th President of the United States. LegacyBuchanan Dam and the lake it forms, Lake Buchanan, are named in his honor. Both are located about 12 miles (19 km) west of Burnet, Texas. See also
References1. ^{{cite book |authorlink=Robert Caro |last=Caro |first=Robert A. |series=The Years of Lyndon Johnson |title=The Path to Power |year=1982 |publisher=Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. |location=New York |isbn=0394499735 |page=271}} External links
| district = 47 | hometown = Brenham | before=Henry Schlosshan | after=T. G. Collins | years=1909–1911 }}{{TXHouseSuccession box | district = 69 | hometown = Brenham | before=Joe Coffey | after=Sam D. W. Low | years=1911–1913 }}{{s-par|us-hs}}{{USRepSuccessionBox | state = Texas | district = 10 | before=Albert S. Burleson | after=Lyndon B. Johnson | years=1913-1937 }}{{s-end}}{{House Appropriations Chairmen}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Buchanan, James Paul}}{{Texas-politician-stub}} 11 : 1867 births|1937 deaths|People from Orangeburg County, South Carolina|Texas Democrats|People from Chappell Hill, Texas|University of Texas at Austin alumni|Texas lawyers|Members of the Texas House of Representatives|Members of the United States House of Representatives from Texas|Death in Washington, D.C.|Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives |
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