James Monroe Buckley (December 16, 1836 – February 10, 1920) was an American Methodist minister, doctor, author, and editor of the Christian Advocate.

[1][3][4] He received education from Pennington Seminary and Wesleyan University, although he withdrew after a year for health reasons and continued with private instructors.

[10] Buckley advocated for what would eventually become the NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital in 1881 through his editorial work on the accidental death of an organist; and he served on its board for 35 years.

[6] Schmidt notes that it was not until Buckley died in 1920 that women were allowed licenses to preach in the Methodist Episcopal church by the General Conference.

[14] Buckley was married three times, with all three of his marriages ending upon the deaths of his wives, Eliza Burns (m. 1864-1866), Sarah Staples (m. 1874-1883), and Adelaide Hill (m.