R. G. Buckingham Explained

R. G. Buckingham
Birth Date:14 September 1816
Birth Place:Troy, New York
Death Place:Los Angeles, California
Order:13th
Office:Mayor of Denver
Term Start:1876
Term End:1877
Predecessor:William J. Barker
Successor:Baxter B. Stiles

Richard G. Buckingham (September 14, 1816  - March 20, 1889) was an American politician who served as the mayor of Denver, Colorado from 1876 to 1877.[1]

Buckingham attended Berkshire Medical College in Pittsfield, Massachusetts and received his MD in 1836. He operated a private practice in Lexington, Missouri for 21 years and then moved the practice to Denver, Colorado.

He was one of the founders of the Denver Medical Association in 1871. The same year, the Colorado Territorial Medical Society was founded and Buckingham was its first president.[2] [3] He advocated for the creation of what was originally named the Colorado Institute for the Education of Mutes.

Buckingham was nominated for governor under the Greenback Party in 1878, but was defeated by Frederick W. Pitkin.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: History of the Office of the Mayor . City and County of Denver . 1 September 2018.
  2. Book: Tom Sherlock. Colorado's Healthcare Heritage: A Chronology of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Volume One - 1800-1899. April 2013. iUniverse. 978-1-4759-8025-7. 113.
  3. Book: Tom Sherlock. Colorado's Healthcare Heritage: A Chronology of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Volume One - 1800-1899. April 2013. iUniverse. 978-1-4759-8025-7. 547.