John Buchanan (Maryland judge)

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. Born 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.

John Buchanan (Maryland judge)

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. Born 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.