Vern Buchanan

Vern Buchanan
U.S. Representative from Florida's 16th Congressional District From: January 3, 2013 – present
Predecessor	Tom Rooney
Successor	Incumbent (no successor)
Former U.S. Representative from Florida's 13th Congressional District From: January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2013
Predecessor	Katherine Harris
Successor	Bill Young
Information
Party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Sandy Buchanan
Religion	Baptist
Military Service
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Air Force
Service Years	1970 – 1976
Unit	Michigan Air National Guard

Vernon Gale “Vern” Buchanan (born May 8, 1951) is the United States Representative for the 16th congressional district of Florida. He is a member of the Republican Party, having been first elected to the position in 2006 to represent the state's 13th congressional district.

In late July 2020, Rep. Buchanan joined seventy-one moderate and normally conservative Republicans in voting to remove Civil War-era statues. In 2021, he supported "gun control" measures in congress.

In November 2023, Representative Buchanan joined sixty-nine other Republicans to vote to establish a new $300 million building to house the FBI, despite reservations raised by conservatives about the fairness of the agency.