Buckner Thruston

Judge 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