John R. Buckley

{{Short description|American politician (1932–2020)}}

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| name = John R. Buckley

| birth_date = {{birth date|1932|1|1}}

| birth_place = Rockland, Massachusetts

| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|1|21|1932|1|1}}[https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/southofboston-ledger/obituary.aspx?pid=195147250 Quealy & Son Funeral Home: John R. Buckley]

| death_place = Abington, Massachusetts

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| residence = Abington, Massachusetts

| party = Democrat

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| alma_mater = Harvard College

| title1 = Massachusetts Secretary of Administration and Finance

| term_start1 = 1975

| term_end1 = 1979

| governor1 = Michael Dukakis

| predecessor1 = David Marchand

| successor1 = Edward Hanley

| title2 = Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 3rd Plymouth District

| term_start2 = 1965

| term_end2 = 1975

| predecessor2 = Alfred Shrigley

| successor2 = George Chester Young

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John R. "Jack" Buckley (January 1, 1932 – January 21, 2020) was an American politician who served as Secretary of Administration and Finance of Massachusetts from 1975 to 1979, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1965 to 1975, and Abington, Massachusetts Town Treasurer from 1961 to 1965.{{cite book |title=1975-1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts | url=https://archive.org/stream/publicofficersof19751976bost#page/102/mode/2up }} He was a candidate for state Democratic party chairman in 1971, but lost to State Treasurer Robert Q. Crane.

Buckley's father, Thomas H. Buckley, served as Massachusetts State Auditor from 1935 to 1939 and was the state's first Commissioner of Administration and Finance.{{cite news |last1=Farrell |first1=David |title=Dukakis to name Rep. Buckley head of Administration-Finance |work=The Boston Globe |date=November 12, 1974}} His son, John R. Buckley, Jr., is the Plymouth County, Massachusetts Register of Deeds.{{cite web|title=Who's Who|url=http://plymouthdeeds.org/whos-who.html|work=Plymouth County Registry of Deeds|publisher=Plymouth County Registry of Deeds|access-date=13 August 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820145316/http://plymouthdeeds.org/whos-who.html|archive-date=20 August 2011}}