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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 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 nominee against [[John V. Lindsay]] in New York City.

From 1964-1969, Buckley was assistant principal and teacher for the Sam Barthe School for Boys in New Orleans.

From 1964-1969, Buckley was assistant principal and teacher for the Sam Barthe School for Boys in New Orleans.

In 1969, Buckley moved to Vienna, Virginia, to work in the Nixon administration Justice Department in [[Washington, D.C]]. 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 to [[Las Cruces, New Mexico]], on April 27, 1989. U.S. [[President]] [[George H.W. Bush]] appointed Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., of Columbia, South Carolina, as Buckley's successor. Buckley and his wife, the former Mary Smallpage, thereafter moved to Las Cruces, New Mexico. There Buckley died of [[leukemia]] some three years later in Memorial Medical Center.

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

 

 

Memorial services were held on July 3, 1992, at Baca's Funeral Chapel in Las Cruces.

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