of the rising Populist movement. On election day, however, he placed third, winning just 31,515 votes to 127,247 for Turney, 100,629 for Republican George Winstead, and 5,427 for Prohibitionist Edward H. East. Death After his defeat in the 1892 election, Buchanan returned to his farm in Rutherford County, and never again sought public office. He died in Murfreesboro on May 14, 1930, and was buried in the city's Evergreen Cemetery. Family Buchanan's ancestors were Scots-Irish. His family was among the earliest to settle in the Nashville area, and constructed Buchanan's Station south of the city in the 1780s. Buchanan's younger brother, James S. Buchanan, served as president of the University of Oklahoma in the 1920s. Buchanan married Frances McGill in 1867. They had nine children. Buchanan's grandson, James M. Buchanan (1919–2013), was a noted economist who won the Nobel Prize in 1986. See also List of governors of Tennessee References External links Governor John P. Buchanan (1847–1930) 1891–1893. Online finding aid to the gubernatorial papers of Tennessee Governor John P. Buchanan. PDF document. Retrieved August 26, 2006. Farmer's Alliance (Farmer's and Laborer's Union). At Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture. Retrieved August 26, 2006. 1847 births 1930 deaths Governors of Tennessee Members of the Tennessee House of Representatives People from Murfreesboro, Tennessee People from Williamson County, Tennessee Democratic Party governors of Tennessee Tennessee Democrats Tennessee Independents 19th-century American politicians