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{{Short description|American judge (1722–1844)}}
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| name                = John Buchanan
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| office              = [[Maryland Court of Appeals|Chief Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals]]
| term_start          = 1824
| term_end            = 1844
| predecessor         = [[Jeremiah Chase]]
| successor           = [[Stevenson Archer (1786–1848)|Stevenson Archer]]
| office2             = Justice of the [[Maryland Court of Appeals]]
| term_start2         = 1806
| term_end2           = 1824
| predecessor2        = 
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| office3             = Member of the [[Maryland House of Delegates]]
| term_start3         = 1797
| term_end3           = 1799
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| birth_date          = {{birth year|1772}}
| birth_place         = [[Prince George's County, Maryland]], British America
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1844|11|6|1772||}}
| death_place         = [[Williamsport, Maryland]], U.S.
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| party               = 
| spouse              = Sophia Williams
| children            = 1
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'''John Buchanan''' (1772–November 6, 1844) was a Maryland politician and long-serving Justice of the [[Maryland Court of Appeals]], sitting on the court from 1806 to 1844, and serving as chief justice from 1824 to 1844.

==Biography==
John Buchanan was born in 1772, in [[Prince George's County, Maryland]] to Thomas Buchanan and Mary Cook or Anne Cooke Buchanan. He attended [[Charlotte Hall School]] in [[St. Mary's County, Maryland]]. He [[read law]] under Judge Robert White in [[Winchester, Virginia]] and John Thomson Mason in [[Hagerstown, Maryland]].<ref name="Archives">"[http://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/001600/001622/html/1622bio.html Archives of Maryland  (Biographical Series), John Buchanan (1772-1844)], ''Maryland State Archives'' (October 7, 2002), MSA SC 3520-1622.</ref>

Buchanan served in the [[Maryland House of Delegates]] for [[Washington County, Maryland]] from 1797 to 1799. In 1806, he began 38 years of simultaneous service as both Chief Judge of the Washington County Circuit Court, 5th Judicial Circuit, and justice of the [[Maryland Court of Appeals]]. On the latter court, he was an associate justice from 1806 to 1824, and Chief Judge from 1824 until his death in 1844. He was also a [[Presidential Elector]] in 1817, and director of the Hagerstown Bank from 1820 to 1825.<ref name="Archives"/>

He married Sophia Williams, with whom he has one son, Thomas Eli Buchanan. He resided at an estate named "Woodland", near [[Williamsport, Maryland]], and died there on November 6, 1844.<ref name="Archives"/>

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