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Daniel Buck (November 9, 1753 – August 16, 1816) was an American lawyer and politician. He served as a United States Representative from Vermont. ==Biography== Buck was born in Hebron, Connecticut, the son of Thomas and Jane Buck.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Buck, Daniel (1753-1816) — )〕 He served as a soldier in the American Revolution and rose to the rank of sergeant.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Daniel Buck )〕 He was wounded and lost an arm at the Battle of Bennington in 1777. Other details of his service are not known, as many records of the War Department were burned by the British during the War of 1812. He studied law with Sylvester Gilbert and was admitted to the bar in 1783. He 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BUCK, BUCK, Daniel, (1753 - 1816) )〕 Buck moved to Norwich, 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 the United States Constitution and made possible Vermont's admission to the Union as the 14th state. He was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives in 1793 and 1794, and served as Speaker.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Speakers of the House )〕 He served as Vermont Attorney General from 1793 to 1795. He was elected as a Federalist to the Fourth Congress, serving from March 4, 1795 to March 3, 1797.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rep. Daniel Buck publisher=govtrack.us )〕 He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1796. In 1799 Buck received the honorary degree of Master of Arts from Dartmouth College. Buck was state's attorney for Windsor County in 1802 and 1803.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Past Vermont Attorneys General )〕 In 1805 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. 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Daniel Buck」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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