Daniel Buck | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromVermont's2nd district | |
| In office March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797 | |
| Preceded by | Nathaniel Miles |
| Succeeded by | Lewis R. Morris |
| 2ndAttorney General of Vermont | |
| In office 1793–1795 | |
| Governor | Thomas Chittenden |
| Preceded by | Samuel Hitchcock |
| Succeeded by | office abolished (1797–1904) Clarke C. Fitts(in 1904) |
| Member of theVermont House of Representatives | |
| In office 1784 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1753-11-09)November 9, 1753 |
| Died | August 16, 1816(1816-08-16) (aged 62) Chelsea, Vermont, U.S. |
| Political party | Federalist |
| Spouse | Content Ashley Buck |
| Children | Alpha Buck,Daniel Azro Ashley Buck, Samuel Ashley Buck, Portus Buck, Thomas Osker Noldo Buck |
Daniel Buck (November 9, 1753 – August 16, 1816) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as aUnited States representative fromVermont.
Buck was born inHebron, Connecticut, the son of Thomas and Jane Buck.[1]
He served as a soldier in theAmerican Revolution and rose to the rank of sergeant as a member of Captain David Wheeler's Company in the Massachusetts militia regiment commanded by Benjamin Simonds. He was wounded and lost an arm at theBattle of Bennington in 1777, and received a pension from the state of Massachusetts.[2]
He studied law withSylvester Gilbert and wasadmitted to the bar in 1783. He practiced law inThetford, Vermont, and served asstate's attorney ofOrange County from 1783 to 1785 and Orange County'sclerk of the court in 1783 and 1784.[3]
He was assistant secretary of theVermont House of Representatives in 1784, and secretarypro tempore of Vermont's Governor's Council in 1785.
Buck moved toNorwich, Vermont in 1785. The town's first attorney, he also supported himself by carrying out the duties of town highway surveyor and pound keeper. He was a delegate to the 1791 convention which ratified theUnited States Constitution and made possible Vermont's admission to the Union as the 14th state. That year, he ran as the Federalist candidate in the 2nd congressional district, which he would later be elected to in 1795.[4] In 1792 he served on thestate Council of Censors, which met periodically to review acts of the Vermont House and ensure their constitutionality.
He was a member of theVermont House of Representatives in 1793 and 1794, and served asSpeaker.[5] He served asVermont Attorney General from 1793 to 1795.
He was elected as aFederalist to the Fourth Congress, serving from March 4, 1795, to March 3, 1797.[6] He was re-elected in 1796 but declined his seat.
In 1799 Buck received thehonorary degree ofMaster of Arts fromDartmouth College.
Buck wasstate's attorney forWindsor County in 1802 and 1803.[7]
In 1805 Buck moved toChelsea, Vermont, where he practiced law and again served as a member of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1806 and 1807. Among the students whostudied law with Buck wasWilliam A. Palmer.
While living in Chelsea Buck was imprisoned for debt. He was given a parole called "freedom of the prison", which enabled him to work and raise money to pay off his creditors.
Buck died in Chelsea on August 16, 1816, and was interred at the Old Chelsea Cemetery in Chelsea.
In 1786 Buck married Content Ashley of Norwich. They were the parents of eleven children, seven of whom lived to adulthood.
Daniel Buck's son,Daniel Azro Ashley Buck, was also a U.S. Representative from Vermont, and served in theTwentieth Congress (March 4, 1827 to March 3, 1829).[8]
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| Preceded by | Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives 1793–1795 | Succeeded by |
| U.S. House of Representatives | ||
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromVermont's 2nd congressional district 1795–1797 | Succeeded by |
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