Richard Thompson Buckler (October 27, 1865 – January 23, 1950) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota. He was born on a farm near Oakland, Coles County, Illinois. He attended the public schools and engaged in agricultural pursuits in Coles County before moving to Andover Township, Polk County, Minnesota]in 1904 where he continued agricultural pursuits.
He was active in Farm Bureau and Farmers’ Union organizations and held numerous township and local school district offices, and was in the Minnesota Senate 1915–1919, 1923–1927, and 1931–1935. Buckler was elected on the Farmer-Labor ticket to the 74th, 75th, 76th, and 77th congresses, (January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1943) and was not a candidate for renomination in 1942. After his political career ended, he resumed agricultural pursuits. Buckler died in Crookston, Minnesota, January 23, 1950, and was buried in Oakdale Cemetery.
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