Daniel Buck

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Daniel Buck (November 9, 1753 - August 16, 1816) was a United States Representative from Vermont. Born in Hebron, Connecticut, he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1783 and practiced in Thetford, Vermont. He was prosecuting attorney of Orange County from 1783 to 1785 and was clerk of the court in 1783 and 1784. He moved to Norwich, Vermont in 1785, and was a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1791, and was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1793 and 1794, and served as speaker.

Buck was elected as a Federalist to the Fourth Congress, serving from March 4, 1795 to March 3, 1797. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1796, and was Vermont Attorney General in 1802 and 1803. He moved to Chelsea, Vermont about 1805, and was again a member of the State house of representatives in 1806 and 1807. He resumed the practice of law in Chelsea, where he died in 1816; interment was in the Old Cemetery.

Daniel Buck's son, Daniel Azro Ashley Buck, was also a U.S. Representative from Vermont.

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• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress