James N. Buffum

James Needham Buffum[1]
14th Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts
In office
January 1, 1872[1] – January 6, 1873
Preceded byEdwin Walden
Succeeded byJacob M. Lewis
12th Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts
In office
January 4, 1869[1] – January 3, 1870[1]
Preceded byRoland G. Usher
Succeeded byEdwin Walden
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives[2][3]
In office
1873–1873[2]
Personal details
BornMay 16, 1807[1]
North Berwick, Maine, US[4]
DiedJune 12, 1887(1887-06-12) (aged 80)[1][3]
Lynn, Massachusetts, US[3]
Signature

James Needham Buffum (May 16, 1807 – June 12, 1887) was a Massachusetts politician who served as the 12th and 14th Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts.

Early life

Buffum was born in North Berwick, Maine on May 16, 1807,[1][4] to Samuel and Hannah (Varney) Bufum.[2]

Career

Buffum was the Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts from 1869 to 1870 and from 1872 to 1873. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He was a presidential elector in 1868.[5]

Abolitionist

When Frederick Douglass was dragged out of a train car on the Eastern Railroad, Buffum helped Douglass fight off the mob.[4][6]

In 1845 Buffum went to Scotland with Douglass to protest against the Free Church of Scotland keeping money donated from American slaveholders.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1888), History of Essex County, Massachusetts: with Biographical Sketches of Many of its Pioneers and Prominent Men, Volume 1, Issue 1, Philadelphia, PA: J. W. Lewis & CO., p. 261
  2. ^ a b c Essex Institute (1889), Bulletin of the Essex Institute, Volume XX, Salem, MA: Essex Institute; printed by the Salem Press and Printing Co., p. 156
  3. ^ a b c The New York Times (June 13, 1887), JAMES N. BUFFUM DEAD.; A COLLEAGUE OF GARRISON AND PHILLIPS AND A FRIEND OF DOUGLASS., New York, NY: New York Times Company, p. 1
  4. ^ a b c d Friends' Intelligencer United with The Friends' Journal (June 18, 1887), JAMES N. BUFFUM, Philadelphia, PA: Friends' Intelligencer Association, Limited, p. 398
  5. ^ "James N. Buffum". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved September 26, 2012.
  6. ^ "Resistance to the Segregation of Public Transportation in the Early 1840s". primaryresearch.org. March 10, 2009. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
Political offices
Preceded by 12th Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts
January 4, 1869
to
January 3, 1870 		Succeeded by
Preceded by 14th Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts
January 1, 1872
to
January 6, 1873 		Succeeded by


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