Richard Gilpin Buckingham

Richard Gilpin Buckingham (August 1, 1841 – March 11, 1939) was an American politician and farmer from Delaware. He served in the Delaware House of Representatives from 1910 to 1912, 1916 to 1918, and 1920 to 1922.

Early life Richard Gilpin Buckingham was born on August 1, 1841, in Pleasant Hill, upper Mill Creek, Delaware, to Mary E. and Alban Buckingham. His father was a farmer. He served at the Battle of White Oak Swamp and was wounded in the leg at the Third Battle of Petersburg.

Buckingham was a Republican. He was a member of the republican committee of New Castle County for over twenty years and from 1889 to 1904 served as its vice president. He was a member of a commission that added the Stanley M. Arthurs painting showing the surrender of Robert E. Lee to the House chamber of the Old State House in Dover.

Buckingham was a school commissioner.

Personal life Buckingham married Sarah A. Mote on November 16, 1865. They had two sons and one daughter, R. Gilpin Jr., Delsworth M., and Mary M. He was a member of the Society of Friends at Mill Creek.

Buckingham died of a heart attack on March 11, 1939, at his home near Corner Ketch. He was buried at Mill Creek Friends Burial Ground.