Alexander McKenzie Buchanan explained

Alexander McKenzie Buchanan
Office:	Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
Term Start:	May 4, 1853
Term End:	May 6, 1862
Birth Date:	1 March 1805
Birth Place:	New York City, U.S.
Occupation:	Lawyer, judge

Alexander McKenzie Buchanan (March 1, 1805 – August 26, 1868) was a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from May 4, 1853, to May 6, 1862.^{[1] [2]}

Born in New York City, Buchanan read law in the office of Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Isaac Trimble Preston, gaining admission to the bar in 1826.^[2] Buchanan was a judge of the Fourth District Court before his ascension to the supreme court bench.^[3] He later served as the city attorney for New Orleans from 1867 to 1868.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Louisiana Supreme Court Justices, 1813-Present. Louisiana Supreme Court. https://web.archive.org/web/20190608080334/http://www.lasc.org/Bicentennial/justices.aspx. May 16, 2020. 2019-06-08.
2. Web site: Alexander McKenzie Buchanan. Louisiana Supreme Court. https://web.archive.org/web/20190609025125/http://www.lasc.org/Bicentennial/justices/Buchanan_Alexander.aspx. May 15, 2020. 2019-06-09.
3. Celebration of the Centenary of the Supreme Court of Louisiana (March 1, 1913), in John Wymond, Henry Plauché Dart, eds., The Louisiana Historical Quarterly (1922), p. 118.