Death and Legacy
Buckingham died in Norwich on February 5, 1875 (age 70 years, 253 days). He is interred at Yantic Cemetery, Norwich, Connecticut.
The ship USS Governor Buckingham (1863) is named after him. Buckingham was a benefactor of Yale College and served as president of the Board of Trustees of Norwich Free Academy and as president of the Connecticut State Temperance Union. His house in Norwich is owned by the city and is listed on the National Register of Historical Places. A street and school are named in his honor in Norwich, and a statue of him is inside the State Capitol Building in Hartford.
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