James L. Buckley
James L. Buckley | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | |
| In office August 31, 1996 – August 18, 2023 | |
| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | |
| In office December 17, 1985 – August 31, 1996 | |
| Appointed by | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Edward Allen Tamm |
| Succeeded by | John Roberts |
| Counselor of the Department of State | |
| In office September 9, 1982 – September 26, 1982 | |
| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Robert McFarlane |
| Succeeded by | Ed Derwinski |
| Undersecretary of State for International Security Affairs | |
| In office February 28, 1981 – August 20, 1982 | |
| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Matthew Nimetz |
| Succeeded by | William Schneider |
| United States Senator from New York | |
| In office January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1977 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Goodell |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | James Lane Buckley March 9, 1923 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | August 18, 2023 (aged 100) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Political party | Republican Conservative |
| Spouse(s) | Ann Frances Cooley (m. 1953–2011) |
| Children | 6 |
| Father | William Frank Buckley Sr. |
| Relatives | William F. Buckley Jr. (brother) Reid Buckley (brother) Priscilla Buckley (sister) Patricia Buckley Bozell (sister) Christopher Buckley (nephew) L. Brent Bozell III (nephew) William F. B. O'Reilly (nephew) |
| Education | Yale University (BA, LLB) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch/service |  United States Navy |
| Years of service | 1942–1946 |
| Rank |  Lieutenant (Junior Grade) |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
James Lane Buckley (March 9, 1923 – August 18, 2023) was an American politician, jurist, and lawyer who served as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Buckley served in the United States Senate as a member of the Conservative Party of New York State in the Republican caucus from 1971 to 1977, and in multiple positions within the Reagan administration.
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Early life[edit]
James Lane Buckley was born on March 9, 1923, in New York City, New York, to Aloise Steiner and William Frank Buckley Sr., the fourth of ten children to the couple. He attended the Millbrook School, and graduated from Yale University with a bachelor of arts in English in 1943, and a bachelor of laws in 1949.[1]
During World War II he served in the United States Navy and participated in the battles of Leyte, Lingayen Gulf, and Okinawa. In 1946, he was discharged from the United States Navy with the rank of Lieutenant (junior grade).[1] In May 1953, he married Ann Frances Cooley, with whom he had six children before her death on December 30, 2011.[1][2]
Career[edit]
United States Senate[edit]
Elections[edit]
1968[edit]
In 1968, Buckley ran for the senatorial nomination of the Conservative Party of New York State, after his brother William F. Buckley Jr. had served as the party's mayoral nominee in the 1965 New York City mayoral election. Buckley won the party's nomination on April 2, 1968, with the unanimous support of all forty state committeemen.[3] Buckley placed third in the general election behind Republican nominee Jacob Javits and Democratic nominee Paul O'Dwyer after receiving 1,139,402 votes (17.31%).[4]
1970[edit]
On March 16, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy announced that he would seek the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party for the 1968 presidential election.[5] After winning four primaries Kennedy was assassinated by Sirhan Sirhan in Los Angeles, California on June 6.[6]
Kennedy's death left a vacancy in the United States Senate that would be filled through an appointment by Governor Nelson Rockefeller. John W. Gardner, John Lindsay, Burke Marshall, C. Douglas Dillon, Charles Goodell, Ogden Reid, and Whitney Young were mentioned and speculated as possible candidates for the appointment.[7] On August 11, a spokesman for Rockfeller stated that main choices for the appointment were Gardner, Goodell, and Reid.[8] On September 10, Rockefeller appointed Goodell, a member of the House of Representatives from the 38th congressional district, to fill the vacancy.[9]
On April 6, 1970, Buckley announced that he would seek the Conservative Party's senatorial nomination again.[10] The Conservative State Committee convened inside Hotel McAlpin in Manhattan, New York City, on April 7, to select the party's nominees in the general election. Kevin P. McGovern attempted to force a primary campaign between him and Buckley, but failed to receive the 25% of delegate votes to force a primary. Buckley received nearly ninety percent of the delegate votes and the remainder was split between McGovern and abstaining delegates.[11][12]
On June 20, F. Clifton White, Buckley's campaign manager, announced that Buckley's campaign would circulate petitions in an attempt to gain another ballot line named the Independent Alliance Party.[13] Enough valid signatures were collected to gain the additional ballot line, but Secretary of State John P. Lomenzo ruled that the Independent Alliance's emblem, an outline of New York with Buckley's name inside, was illegal as New York's election law limited the number of times that a candidate's name could appear on a ballot line to one.[14] Lomenzo later allowed the party onto the ballot after the emblem was changed to a shield with the letter "I" inside.[15]
In the general election Buckley defeated Goodell, and Ottinger.[16] Although the Independent Alliance Party received over 100,000 votes in the general election, more than the 50,000 votes required to become an official party and automatic ballot access, it did not become an official party as its only candidate was Buckley, who ran in the Senate election and not in the gubernatorial election where the 50,000 votes were required to come from.[17]
1976[edit]
In 1971, Buckley spoke to the Republican National Finance committee about running for reelection in the 1976 elections with the Republican nomination.[18]
1980[edit]
Tenure[edit]
During his tenure in the United States Senate Buckley's political affiliation was referred to as Conservative-Republican of New York (C-R-N.Y).[19] The Republican caucus in the Senate voted 36 to 3, with Senators Jacob Javits, John Sherman Cooper, and William B. Saxbe being opposed to Buckley's entrance into the Republican caucus, in favor of admitting Buckley into their caucus.[20][21]
In 1971, Buckley was appointed to the air and water pollution, roads, and economic development sub-committees within the United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.[22] Buckley supported Richard Nixon during the 1972 presidential election and called for the Conservative Party, which had no supported Nixon during the 1968 presidential election, to support Nixon.[23]
Reagan Administration[edit]
Judge[edit]
Later life and death[edit]
Buckley became the oldest living former elected U.S. senator following the death of Fritz Hollings in April 2019 and became the oldest living former U.S. senator following of Jocelyn Burdick in December 2019.[24]
Buckley turned 100 on March 9, 2023. He died from injuries suffered in a fall, in Washington, D.C., on August 18, 2023, at age 100.[25][26]
Electoral history[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | James L. Buckley | 379.1 | 89.14% | ||
| Conservative | Kevin P. McGovern | 35.8 | 8.42% | ||
| Conservative | Abstention | 10.4 | 2.45% | ||
| Total votes | 425.3 | 100.00% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | James L. Buckley | 2,179,640 | 36.91% | +34.33% | |
| Independent Alliance | James L. Buckley | 108,550 | 1.84% | +1.84% | |
| Total | James L. Buckley | 2,288,190 | 38.75% | +36.17% | |
| Democratic | Richard Ottinger | 2,171,232 | 36.77% | -18.74% | |
| Republican | Charles Goodell (incumbent) | 1,178,679 | 19.96% | -17.74% | |
| Liberal | Charles Goodell (incumbent) | 225,793 | 3.82% | -0.34% | |
| Total | Charles Goodell (incumbent) | 1,434,472 | 24.29% | -13.41% | |
| Communist | Arnold Johnson | 4,097 | 0.07% | +0.07% | |
| Socialist Workers | Kipp Dawson | 3,549 | 0.06% | +0.01% | |
| Socialist Labor | John Emanuel | 3,204 | 0.05% | -0.04% | |
| Total votes | 5,904,744 | 100.00% | |||
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Tenacious Senator‐Elect". The New York Times. November 5, 1970. Archived from the original on October 12, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Sharon-Ann Buckley". The Washington Post. January 3, 2012. Archived from the original on October 12, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "James Buckley Nominated By Conservative Party as U.S. Senate Candidate". The Glens Falls Times. April 3, 1968. p. 15. Archived from the original on October 12, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "1968 Senatorial election results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Archived from the original on October 16, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Bobby Tosses Hat in Ring Amid Boos, Cheers". Fort Collins Coloradoan. March 17, 1968. p. 13. Archived from the original on June 1, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "THE LAST CAMPAIGN". May 18, 2008. Archived from the original on June 1, 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Ex-HEW Chief RFK Successor". The Tennessean. June 12, 1968. p. 26. Archived from the original on June 1, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "3 Are Leading Contenders For NY Senate Seat". The Fresno Bee The Republican. August 11, 1968. p. 44. Archived from the original on June 1, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Pick Goodell To Succeed Slain RFK". The Sheboygan Press. September 10, 1968. p. 1. Archived from the original on June 1, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "James Buckley May Oppose Sen. Goodell". Daily News. April 7, 1970. p. 4. Archived from the original on June 2, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Adams, James Buckley On Conservative Slate". The Times Record. April 8, 1970. p. 12. Archived from the original on June 1, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Conservatives Set To Rename Buckley". Daily News. April 7, 1970. p. 106. Archived from the original on June 1, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Buck Seeks Second Line". Daily News. June 21, 1970. p. 8. Archived from the original on June 3, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "One Party Off; One On, Maybe". The Ithaca Journal. September 11, 1970. p. 8. Archived from the original on June 3, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Independent Alliance Back on NY's Ballot". Star-Gazette. September 22, 1970. p. 18. Archived from the original on June 3, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Clerk of the House of Representatives 1970 Election Results Page 22" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 7, 2014. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Buckley's Machine Securing His Position". Star-Gazette. December 13, 1970. p. 29. Archived from the original on June 3, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Buckley Looking to '76 And Hopes for a Repeat". The Kingston Daily Freeman. January 15, 1971. p. 3. Archived from the original on October 16, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Javits to Break Silence On Buckley Seating Issue". Democrat and Chronicle. January 19, 1971. p. 7. Archived from the original on October 16, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Caucus Gives Buckley Senate GOP Status". Press and Sun-Bulletin. January 21, 1971. p. 2. Archived from the original on October 16, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "The 92nd: Buckley's In, Ted's Out". Democrat and Chronicle. January 22, 1971. p. 1. Archived from the original on October 16, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Buckley Gets Assignments". The Times Record. February 4, 1971. p. 1. Archived from the original on October 16, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Sen. Buckley Boosts President". Daily News. June 8, 1972. p. 214. Archived from the original on October 16, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "With Ernest Hollings's Death, New York's James Buckley Now Oldest Ex-Senator". The Intelligencer. April 8, 2019. Archived from the original on October 16, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedMcFadden - ↑ Butler, Jack (August 18, 2023). "James L. Buckley, R.I.P." National Review. Retrieved August 18, 2023.
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