Buckner Thruston

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Buckner Thruston
United States Senator from Kentucky
In office
March 4, 1805 – December 18, 1809
Preceded by	John Brown
Succeeded by	Henry Clay
Judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia
In office
December 14, 1809 – August 30, 1845
Preceded by	Allen Bowie Duckett
Succeeded by	James Dunlop
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Born	February 9, 1763
	Petsoe Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia
Died	August 30, 1845 (aged 82)
	Washington, D.C.
Resting place	Congressional Cemetary, Washington, D.C.
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Alma mater	William & Mary College
Profession	Judge Lawyer Politician
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Buckner Thruston (1764–1845) had a full legal, judicial, and political life. He was born in Petsoe Parish, Gloucester County, Virginia before embarking on a sequence of educational efforts. After his preparatory studies, he attended William & Mary College where he studied law under George Wythe.

Thruston then moved to Lexington in Fincastle County, Virginia (later Lexington, Kentucky) where he was admitted to the bar in 1788. He practiced law and became a member of the Virginia Assembly in 1789. After Kentucky was organized as a state in 1792, Thruston served as state delegate, Kentucky commissioner to settle border disputes with Virginia, a district court judge, Senate clerk, and a circuit court judge. Thruston served as a U. S. Senator from Kentucky from 1805 until 1809, when he resigned to serve on the United States Circuit Court for the District of Columbia. He held that position until he died in 1845 in Washington, D.C.

See also

• Wythe the Teacher