Historians of American conservatism pass too readily over James Buckley and his 1971-77 tenure in the U.S. Senate. They tend instead to focus on two other periods. First is the efflorescence of ...

James L. Buckley represented New York in the U.S. Senate from 1971 to 1977 and served as a judge on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1985 to 2000.

I was in heaven. Two of my favorite bosses. Jim Buckley came to the U.S. Senate in 1971 as a Conservative, after a surprising plurality victory in New York State. I was one of many young staffers.

Since the death of James L. Buckley on Friday ... to her tenure as president of the United States. After Hillary came Kirsten Gillibrand, about whom little could be said in the first place.

And then there is Brother Bill’s July 1971 Firing Line interview with the freshly minted United States senator — the episode is titled “The Problems of a Conservative Legislator.” ...

His brother, James Buckley, served in the Senate as a member of the Conservative Party of New York State in the Republican ...