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James Needham Buffum
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14th Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts
In office
January 1, 1872 – January 6, 1873
Preceded by Edwin Walden
Succeeded by Jacob M. Lewis
12th Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts
In office
January 4, 1869 – January 3, 1870
Preceded by Roland G. Usher
Succeeded by Edwin Walden
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
In office
1873–1873
Personal details
Born May 16, 1807
North Berwick, Maine
Died June 12, 1887(1887-06-12) (aged 80)
Lynn, Massachusetts
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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 to Samuel and Hannah (Varney) Bufum.

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.

Abolitionist

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

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

Death

Buffum died on June 12, 1887, and is interred at Pine Grove Cemetery (Lynn, Massachusetts).

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