David Penrose Buckson (July 25, 1920 – January 17, 2017) was an American lawyer and politician from Camden in Kent County, Delaware.

During World War II Buckson served in the South Pacific and attained the rank of major.

He ran for governor again in 1964 but lost to Democratic former Chief Justice Charles L. Terry Jr., and in 1972, when he failed to receive the Republican nomination.

He was the founder of Dover Downs, a volunteer fireman, a decorated World War II officer, and commander of a National Guard unit.

Buckson was also simultaneously city solicitor for the Delaware municipalities of Newark, Middletown, Townsend, Smyrna, Clayton, and Dover.