| Buddy Buckingham | |
| State House: | Kentucky |
| District: | 5th |
| Term Start: | January 1, 1999 |
| Term End: | January 1, 2005 |
| Predecessor: | Freed Curd |
| Successor: | Melvin Henley |
| Birth Date: | 1933 |
| Death Date: | June 13, 2017 (aged 83) |
| Party: | Democratic |
Robert "Buddy" Buckingham (1933 – June 13, 2017) was an American politician from Kentucky who was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1999 to 2005. Buckingham was first elected in 1998 after incumbent Freed Curd retired to run for mayor of Murray.[1] He lost reelection in 2004, being defeated by Republican Melvin Henley. Henley would later switch to the Democratic party in September 2007.[2]
Buckingham died in June 2017 at age 83.[3]