Buford was twice a candidate for Missouri Lieutenant Governor but failed to win election to this statewide office.\n', '

Carter Martin Buford was born March 3, 1876 in Barnesville, Missouri, today known as Ellington, where he attended public school. After graduation Buford attended Cape Girardeau Normal School, known today as Southeast Missouri State University.\n', '

Following his time in college, Buford entered the field of education, teaching in the schools for a time before winning election as Commissioner of Schools for Reynolds County in 1897.\n', '

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