Biography

12/28/1821 - 05/19/1899

Charles Rollin Buckalew (D16) Luzerne, Montour, Columbia Counties, 1851-1856 (D13) Snyder, Northumberland, Montour, Columbia Counties 1858 (D15) Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Sullivan Counties, 1870-1871 (D15) Columbia, Montour, Lycoming, Sullivan Counties, 1872

Early Life:

Charles Rollin Buckalew, born December 28, 1821, Fishing Creek Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania; son of John McKinney Sr. and Martha Funston Buckalew; Harford Academy, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania; studied law; admitted, bar, 1843; law  practice, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, 1844; prosecuting attorney, Columbia County, 1845-1847; elected, Democratic, Pennsylvania State Senate, 16th district, 1851-1856; commissioner to exchange ratifications of a treaty with Paraguay, 1854; chairman, Democratic State Committee, 1857, elected, Democratic, Pennsylvania State Senate, 13th district, 1858; Minister Resident for Ecuador, 1858-1861; United States Senator for Pennsylvania, 1863-1869; Elected, Democratic, Pennsylvania State Senate, 15th district, 1870-1872; unsuccessful candidate, governor, Pennsylvania, 1872; delegate, Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention, 1873; United States House of Representatives, Pennsylvania's 11th district, 1887-1889; United States House of Representatives, Pennsylvania's 17th district, 1889-1891; resumed, law practice, 1891, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania; married, Permelia Wadsworth Buckalew, children, Warren Jay Buckalew, Alice Mary Buckalew Waller; died, May 19, 1899, Bloomsburg, Columbia County, Pennsylvania; interment, Old Rosemont Cemetery, Bloomsburg, Columbia County, Pennsylvania.

Early Life:

Law practice, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, 1844; prosecuting attorney, Columbia County, 1845-1847; commissioner to exchange ratifications of a treaty with Paraguay, 1854.

Authored:

Buckalew, Charles Rollin. Proportional representation: or the representation of successive majorities in federal, state, municipal, corporate and primary elections. John Gosse Freeze, editor.
Philadelphia: J. Campbell & Son, 1872.

Buckalew, Charles Rollin. An Examination of the Constitution of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Kay Brother, 1883

Pennsylvania Politics:  

Elected, Democratic, Pennsylvania State Senate, 16th district, Luzerne, Montour, Columbia Counties, 1851-1856.

Chairman, Democratic State Committee, 1857

Elected, Democratic, Pennsylvania State Senate, 13th district, Snyder, Northumberland, Montour, Columbia Counties, 1858.

Elected, Democratic, Pennsylvania State Senate, 15th district, Columbia, Montour, Northumberland, Sullivan Counties, 1870-1871; 15th district, Columbia, Montour, Lycoming, Sullivan Counties, 1872; committee assignments, Constitutional Reform, Federal Relations, Library and Retrenchment and Reform. 

Unsuccessful candidate, governor, Pennsylvania, 1872.

Delegate, Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention, 1873.

Continued Government Service/National Politics:

Minister Resident for Ecuador, 1858-1861.

United States Senator for Pennsylvania, 1863-1869, elected, Pennsylvania General Assembly; 38^th, 39^th, 40^th, Congresses, Chairman, Select Committee on Representative Reform of the United States Senate.

United States House of Representatives, Pennsylvania's 11th district, 50th Congress, 1887-1889.

United States House of Representatives, Pennsylvania's 17th district, 51st Congress, 1889-1891.

Cited:

Smull’s Legislative Hand Book, (1871) Smull, J.A., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 428, 430, 436-438.

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