Joseph Buffum Jr.
Joseph Buffum Jr. was an American politician and a United States [House of Representatives|U.S. Representative] from New Hampshire.
Early life
Born in Fitchburg, Worcester [County, Massachusetts|Worcester County], Massachusetts, Buffum attended the public schools and the local academy. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1806, and studied law.Career
Buffum practiced in Westmoreland and Keene, New Hampshire.Elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 16th [United States Congress|Sixteenth] Congress, Buffum was United States Representative for the fourth district of New Hampshire from. After leaving the House, he was appointed judge of the court of common pleas on January 21, 1825.