Rivers H. Buford | |
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Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida | |
In office January 1943 – January 9, 1945 | |
Preceded by | Armstead Brown |
Succeeded by | Roy H. Chapman |
In office March 5, 1931 – January 10, 1933 | |
Preceded by | Louie W. Strum |
Succeeded by | Fred H. Davis |
Justice of the Supreme Court of Florida | |
In office December 4, 1925 – April 3, 1948 | |
Appointed by | John W. Martin |
Preceded by | Thomas F. West |
Succeeded by | T. Frank Hobson |
22nd Florida Attorney General | |
In office January 4, 1921 – December 4, 1925 | |
Governor | Cary A. Hardee |
Preceded by | Van C. Swearingen |
Succeeded by | J. B. Johnson |
State Attorney for the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida | |
In office 1915–1920 | |
Governor | Park Trammell Sidney Johnston Catts |
State Attorney for the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida | |
In office 1912–1915 | |
Governor | Albert W. Gilchrist Park Trammell |
Prosecuting Attorney for Gadsden County | |
In office 1909–1911 | |
Appointed by | Albert W. Gilchrist |
Member of the Florida House of Representatives from the Calhoun district | |
In office 1901–1902 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Pulaski, Tennessee | January 18, 1878
Died | March 17, 1959 Tallahassee, Florida | (aged 81)
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Nora Lee Milliken Mary Cornelia Munroe
(m. 1904)Mary Hollingsworth |
Children | 6 |
Occupation | Attorney |
Rivers Henderson Buford (January 18, 1878 – March 17, 1959) was an American attorney and politician who served twice as the chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court.[1]