| John Buckley | |
| State Delegate1: | Virginia |
| District1: | 18th |
| Alongside1: | Vince Callahan, Martin Perper, Dorothy McDiarmid, & Jack Rust |
| Term Start1: | January 9, 1980 |
| Term End1: | January 13, 1982 |
| Preceded1: | Ray Vickery |
| Succeeded1: | Andy Guest |
| Office2: | 8th National Chair of Young Americans for Freedom |
| Term Start2: | 1977 |
| Term End2: | 1978 |
| Preceded2: | Jeffrey Kane |
| Succeeded2: | James V. Lacy |
| Birth Name: | John Smallpage Buckley |
| Birth Date: | 3 August 1953 |
| Father: | E. Ross Buckley |
| Residence: | Mathias, West Virginia |
John Smallpage Buckley (born August 3, 1953) is an American attorney and a former Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates. At age 26, he was the youngest member of that body, when he won election in 1979.[1] He previously served as the national chair of Young Americans for Freedom, a conservative political organization founded by his cousin, William F. Buckley Jr.[2] He is the former chief of staff to the United States Court of Federal Claims.
In 2014, Buckley ran in neighboring West Virginia as the Libertarian candidate for US Senate, he came in third with 7,409 votes.[3] In 2016, Buckley was the Libertarian nominee for West Virginia Secretary of State.[4] [5] Buckley was endorsed by the Charleston Gazette-Mail, West Virginia's largest newspaper.[6]
Buckley is gay and lives with a same-sex partner.[7] [8] His father, politician and Reagan administration official E. Ross Buckley, was a nephew of William F. Buckley Sr. and first cousin of William F., James, Priscilla, Patricia, and Reid Buckley.[2]