Daniel Buck was a United States Representative from Vermont

Vermont

Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state ranks 43rd in land area, , and 45th in total area. Its population according to the 2010 census, 630,337, is the second smallest in the country, larger only than Wyoming. It is the only New England...

. Born in Hebron, Connecticut

Hebron, Connecticut

Hebron is a town in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 8,610 at the 2000 census. Hebron was incorporated May 26, 1708....

, he studied law, was admitted to the bar

Bar (law)

Bar in a legal context has three possible meanings: the division of a courtroom between its working and public areas; the process of qualifying to practice law; and the legal profession.-Courtroom division:...

 in 1783 and practiced in Thetford, Vermont

Thetford, Vermont

Thetford is a town in Orange County, Vermont, United States in the Connecticut River Valley. The population was 2,617 at the 2000 census. Villages within the town include East Thetford, North Thetford, Thetford Hill, Thetford Center, Rices Mills and Post Mills. The town office is in Thetford...

. 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

Norwich, Vermont

Norwich is a town in Windsor County, Vermont, United States, located along the Connecticut River opposite Hanover, New Hampshire. The population was 3,544 at the 2000 census....

 in 1785, and was a delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1791, and was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives

Vermont House of Representatives

The Vermont House of Representatives is the lower house of the Vermont General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Vermont. The House comprises 150 members. Vermont legislative districting divides representing districts into 66 single-member districts and 42 two-member...

 in 1793 and 1794, and served as speaker

Speaker (politics)

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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

Vermont Attorney General

The Vermont Attorney General is one of five cabinet-level constitutional officers in the U.S. state of Vermont which are elected every two years. It was created by an act of the Vermont General Assembly in 1790, repealed in 1797, and revived in 1904. The office began as a one-person operation...

 in 1802 and 1803. He moved to Chelsea, Vermont

Chelsea, Vermont

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 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

Daniel Azro Ashley Buck

Daniel Azro Ashley Buck U.S. Representative from VermontSon of Daniel Buck, born in Norwich, Vermont, April 19, 1789; moved with his parents to Chelsea; was graduated from Middlebury College in 1807 and from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1808; commissioned a lieutenant in the...

, was also a U.S. Representative from Vermont.