17 Facts About Daniel Buck

Daniel Buck was an American lawyer and politician.

Daniel Buck served as a United States representative from Vermont.

Daniel Buck served as a soldier in the American 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.

Daniel Buck was wounded and lost an arm at the Battle of Bennington in 1777, and received a pension from the state of Massachusetts.

Daniel Buck studied law with Sylvester Gilbert and was admitted to the bar in 1783.

Daniel Buck practiced law in Thetford, Vermont, and served as state's attorney of Orange County from 1783 to 1785 and Orange County's clerk of the court in 1783 and 1784.

Daniel Buck was assistant secretary of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1784, and secretary pro tempore of Vermont's Governor's Council in 1785.

Daniel Buck was a delegate to the 1791 convention which ratified the United States Constitution and made possible Vermont's admission to the Union as the 14th state.

Daniel Buck was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1793 and 1794, and served as Speaker.

Daniel Buck served as Vermont Attorney General from 1793 to 1795.

Daniel Buck was re-elected in 1796 but declined his seat.

In 1799 Daniel Buck received the honorary degree of Master of Arts from Dartmouth College.

Daniel Buck was state's attorney for Windsor County in 1802 and 1803.

In 1805 Daniel Buck moved to Chelsea, Vermont, where he practiced law and again served as a member of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1806 and 1807.

Daniel Buck was given a parole called "freedom of the prison", which enabled him to work and raise money to pay off his creditors.

Daniel Buck died in Chelsea on August 16,1816, and was interred at the Old Chelsea Cemetery in Chelsea.

Daniel Buck's son, Daniel Azro Ashley Buck, was a US Representative from Vermont, and served in the Twentieth Congress.