James Buffington
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts
In office March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1863
Preceded by	Samuel L. Crocker
Succeeded by	Oakes Ames
Constituency	2nd district
In office March 4, 1869 – March 7, 1875
Preceded by	Thomas D. Eliot
Succeeded by	William W. Crapo
Constituency	1st district
Personal details
Born	(1817-03-16)March 16, 1817 Fall River, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	March 7, 1875(1875-03-07) (aged 57) Fall River, Massachusetts, U.S.
Resting place	Oak Grove Cemetery
Political party	Republican

James Buffington (March 16, 1817 – March 7, 1875) (also known as "Buffinton") was a member of theUnited States House of Representatives fromMassachusetts. He was born inFall River on March 16, 1817. He attended the common schools, andFriends College inProvidence, Rhode Island. He studied medicine but never practiced, then engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was a member of the Fall RiverBoard of Selectmen from 1851 to 1854, and served as the firstMayor of Fall River under the new city government from 1854 to 1855. He was elected as a candidate of theAmerican Party to the Thirty-fourth Congress and as aRepublican to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1863). Buffington was chairman of the Committee on Accounts (Thirty-seventh Congress, Forty-second and Forty-third Congresses), and the Committee on Military Affairs (Thirty-seventh Congress).

Buffington was mustered into the service April 24, 1861, and discharged June 15, 1861. He was not a candidate for renomination to Congress in 1862. He was a special agent of theUnited States Treasury and was aninternal revenue collector for the district of Massachusetts 1867–1869. Buffington was elected to the Forty-first and to the three succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1869, until his death in Fall River on March 7, 1875. His interment was inOak Grove Cemetery in Fall River.

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