Daniel Buck

Daniel Buck (born November 9, 1753 in Hebron , Colony of Connecticut , † August 16, 1816 in Chelsea , Vermont ) was an American politician . Between 1795 and 1797 he represented the second constituency of the state of Vermont in the US House of Representatives .

Career

During the Revolutionary War , the young Daniel Buck fought on the American side. He was wounded so badly that he lost an arm. He then moved to Orange County , Vermont. After studying law, he was admitted to the bar in 1783. He then began to practice in his new profession in Thetford . He was also a district attorney in Orange County between 1783 and 1785. In the meantime he was the clerk at the court there.

In 1785 Daniel Buck moved to Norwich . Politically, he joined the Federalist Party founded by Alexander Hamilton . In 1791 he was a delegate to the constituent assembly of his state. Between 1793 and 1794 he was an MP and President in the Vermont House of Representatives . In the congressional elections of 1794 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in the second district of Vermont, where he succeeded Nathaniel Niles on March 4, 1795 . He held this mandate until March 3, 1797. Buck was re-elected in 1796, but he failed to take his seat in Congress, necessitating a Vermont by-election, which Lewis R. Morris won.

Between 1802 and 1803 Buck was Attorney General of Vermont. Around 1805 he moved to Chelsea. Between 1806 and 1807 he was again a member of the House of Representatives from Vermont. He then worked as a lawyer until his death in 1816. Daniel Buck was married to Contend Ashley of Windsor, with whom he had eleven children. Among them was the son Daniel , who would later also become Congressman for Vermont.

Web links

• Daniel Buck in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Daniel Buck in the database of Find a Grave (English)