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Buckley grew up in Tampico, [[Mexico]]. He attended [[Phillips Exeter Academy]] in [[New Hampshire]]. He graduated in 1943 from the [[University of Texas]] at [[Austin, Texas|Austin]] and the [[Tulane University]] Law School in [[New Orleans]] in 1949. His education was interrupted by service in the [[United States Army]] from 1942-1946. He received the [[Bronze Star]] for his participation in the Pacific campaign of [[World War II]].

Buckley grew up in Tampico, [[Mexico]]. He attended [[Phillips Exeter Academy]] in [[New Hampshire]]. He graduated in 1943 from the [[University of Texas]] at [[Austin, Texas|Austin]] and the [[Tulane University]] Law School in [[New Orleans]] in 1949. His education was interrupted by service in the [[United States Army]] from 1942-1946. He received the [[Bronze Star]] for his participation in the Pacific campaign of [[World War II]].

After his graduation from law school, Buckley joined the legal staff of Gulf Oil Corporation (1956-1959) and settled in New Orleans. He was in private practice from 1959-1964.

After his graduation from law school, Buckley joined the legal staff of Gulf Oil Corporation (1956-1959) and settled in New Orleans. He was in private practice from 1959 to 1964. From 1964 to 1969, Buckley was assistant principal and teacher of Spanish for the private Sam Barthe School for Boys in Metairie in Jefferson Parish in the New Orleans suburbs. The Barthe School closed in 1979.

In 1960, Buckley was the GOP nominee for the Second Congressional District against the incumbent [[Democrat]] [[Hale Boggs]]. Boggs easily prevailed, 81,034 (78 percent) to Buckley's 22,818 (22 percent). In the same election, John F. Kennedy easily defeated [[Richard M. Nixon]] in Louisiana. In the neighboring Sixth Congressional District race, the Republican [[Charles H. Dillemuth]], a Baton Rouge businessman, polled only 14 percent of the vote against incumbent Democrat U.S. Representative James H. Morrison of Hammond.

In 1960, Buckley was the GOP nominee for the Second Congressional District against the incumbent [[Democrat]] [[Hale Boggs]]. Boggs easily prevailed, 81,034 (78 percent) to Buckley's 22,818 (22 percent). In the same election, John F. Kennedy easily defeated [[Richard M. Nixon]] in Louisiana. In the neighboring Sixth Congressional District race, the Republican [[Charles H. Dillemuth]], a Baton Rouge businessman, polled only 14 percent of the vote against incumbent Democrat U.S. Representative James H. Morrison of Hammond.

Early in 1962, Buckley ran for mayor of New Orleans but lost as the Republican nominee to Democrat Victor H. Schiro for the right to succeed retiring Mayor deLesseps Story "Chep" Morrison, Sr., a three-time gubernatorial candidate. Buckley's New Orleans mayoral campaign was said to have paralleled and foreshadowed his cousin's 1965 bid as the [[Conservative Party of New York State|Conservative Party]] nominee against [[John V. Lindsay]] in New York City.

Early in 1962, Buckley ran for mayor of New Orleans but lost as the Republican nominee to Democrat Victor H. Schiro for the right to succeed retiring Mayor deLesseps Story "Chep" Morrison, Sr., a three-time gubernatorial candidate. Buckley's New Orleans mayoral campaign was said to have paralleled and foreshadowed his cousin's 1965 bid as the [[Conservative Party of New York State|Conservative Party]] nominee against [[John V. Lindsay]] in New York City.

From 1964-1969, Buckley was assistant principal and teacher of Spanish for the private Sam Barthe School for Boys in Metairie, Louisiana. The Barthe School closed in 1979.

In 1969, after he left the Barthe School, Buckley moved to Vienna, [[Virginia]], to work in the Nixon administration Justice Department in Washington. The job lasted well beyond Nixon's tenure — for thirteen years during four presidential administrations. While in the Justice Department, Buckley was president of the Westbriar Civic Association and was elected to the Vienna Town Council in 1976. He served five two-year terms through 1986. His tenure with the Occupational and Safety Commission spanned the last seven years of the Reagan administration.

 

In 1969, Buckley moved to Vienna, [[Virginia]], to work in the Nixon administration Justice Department in Washington. The job lasted well beyond Nixon's tenure — for thirteen years during four presidential administrations. While in the Justice Department, Buckley was president of the Westbriar Civic Association and was elected to the Vienna Town Council in 1976. He served five two-year terms through 1986. His tenure with the Occupational and Safety Commission spanned the last seven years of the Reagan administration.

Buckley retired in 1989 to [[Las Cruces, New Mexico|Las Cruces]], [[New Mexico]], with his wife, the former Mary Smallpage.  

Buckley retired in 1989 to [[Las Cruces, New Mexico|Las Cruces]], [[New Mexico]], with his wife, the former Mary Smallpage.