D. Azro A. Buck

{{Short description|American politician (1789–1841)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Daniel Azro Ashley Buck | image = Daniel Azro Ashley Buck (Vermont Congressman) 2.jpg | caption = Likeness by unknown artist, circa 1822 | birth_date = {{birth date|1789|04|19|mf=y}} | birth_place = Norwich, Vermont Republic | death_date = {{Death date and age|1841|12|24|1789|04|19|mf=y}} | death_place = Washington, D.C., U.S. | resting_place = Congressional Cemetery Washington, D.C. | state = Vermont | office = Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives | term_start = 1829 | term_end = 1830 | preceded = Robert B. Bates | succeeded = Robert B. Bates | state2 = Vermont | district2 = 5th | term_start2 = March 4, 1827 | term_end2 = March 3, 1829 | preceded2 = John Mattocks | succeeded2 = William Cahoon | office3 = Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives | term_start3 = 1825 | term_end3 = 1826 | preceded3 = Isaac Fletcher | succeeded3 = Robert B. Bates | state4 = Vermont | district4 = 4th | term_start4 = March 4, 1823 | term_end4 = March 3, 1825 | preceded4 = Elias Keyes | succeeded4 = Ezra Meech | state5 = Vermont | office5 = Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives | term_start5 = 1820 | term_end5 = 1822 | preceded5 = William A. Griswold | succeeded5 = George Edward Wales | office6 = Member of the Vermont House of Representatives | term6 = 1816–1826 1828–1830 1833–1835 | alma_mater = United States Military Academy Middlebury College Dartmouth College | parents = Daniel Buck Content (Ashley) Buck | spouse = Philomela C. Dodge Buck | children = Daniel Buck Elizabeth Morse Buck Ben Buck Londus Buck | profession = Politician Lawyer | party = Adams-Clay Republican | branch = United States Army | rank = Captain | service_years = 1808–1811 1812–1815 | battles = War of 1812 | battles_label = Wars | unit = 31st Infantry Regiment }}

'''Daniel Azro Ashley Buck''' (April 19, 1789{{spnd}}December 24, 1841) was an American lawyer and politician in the U.S. state of Vermont. He served as a U.S. representative from Vermont and as Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives.

==Early life== Buck was born in Norwich in the Vermont Republic, the son of U.S. Representative Daniel Buck and Content (Ashley) Buck.<ref>{{cite book|last=Partridge|first=Henry|title=A History of Norwich, Vermont|date=1905|publisher=Dartmouth Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/ahistorynorwich00partgoog/page/n209 175]|url=https://archive.org/details/ahistorynorwich00partgoog }}</ref> As a child he moved with his parents to Chelsea. He attended the common schools and graduated from Middlebury College in 1807 with classmates William Slade and Stephen Royce.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Partridge|first1=Henry Villiers|title=A History of Norwich, Vermont|date=1905|publisher=Dartmouth Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/ahistorynorwich00partgoog/page/n209 175]|url=https://archive.org/details/ahistorynorwich00partgoog |accessdate=July 3, 2014}}</ref> He graduated first in his class from the United States Military Academy in 1808, and was commissioned a lieutenant in the Engineer Corps of the United States Army.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ellis|first1=William Arba|title=Norwich university, 1819-1911: her history, her graduates, her roll of honor, pub. by Major-General Grenville M. Dodge|date=1911|publisher=The Capital city press|page=6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XJApAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA5 |accessdate=July 3, 2014}}</ref> For the next three years, he served as an engineer in the construction of Fort Wood on Bedloe's Island. He resigned his commission in August 1811 and began the study of law.

In October 1812 he was appointed a second lieutenant in the 3rd Artillery, which he declined.<ref>[https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/America/United_States/Army/USMA/Cullums_Register/31*.html Service profile]</ref> He instead raised a volunteer company of rangers, and was appointed a captain of the 31st Infantry in April 1813. He was honorably discharged on June 15, 1815.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Heitman|first1=Francis Bernard|title=Historical Register of the United States Army: From Its Organization, September 29, 1789, to September 29, 1889|date=1890|publisher=National Tribune|page=[https://archive.org/details/historicalregis06heitgoog/page/n149 155]|url=https://archive.org/details/historicalregis06heitgoog |accessdate=July 3, 2014}}</ref> Following his discharge, he was admitted to the bar, and began the practice of law in Chelsea. He received the honorary degree of Master of Arts from Dartmouth College in 1823.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Dartmouth College|title=General catalogue of Dartmouth college and the associated institutions: including the officers of government and instruction, graduates and all others who have received honorary degrees|date=1890|publisher=Dartmouth College|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_3ElOAAAAMAAJ/page/n185 153]|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_3ElOAAAAMAAJ |accessdate=July 3, 2014}}</ref>

==Political career== Buck held various political positions in Vermont, and was elected a member of the State house of representatives in 1816. He served in the State House three times, from 1816 to 1826, 1828–1830 and 1833–1835. He was Speaker of the House from 1820 to 1822, 1825–1826 and in 1829.<ref>{{cite book|last1=University of Vermont|title=General catalogue of the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, Burlington, Vermont, 1791-1900|date=1901|publisher=Free Press Association|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_FCLOAAAAMAAJ/page/n6 5]|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_FCLOAAAAMAAJ |accessdate=July 3, 2014}}</ref>

He was State's Attorney for Orange County from 1819 to 1822 and 1830–1834. He was a presidential elector in 1820.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Vermont Historical Society|title=Proceedings of the Vermont Historical Society|date=1920|publisher=The Society|page=88|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5Xs9AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA88 |accessdate=July 3, 2014}}</ref> He was elected as an Adams-Clay Republican candidate to the Eighteenth Congress, serving from March 4, 1823, to March 3, 1825. He was then elected to the Twentieth Congress, serving from March 4, 1827, to March 3, 1829.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Middlebury College|title=Catalogue of Officers and Students of Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont: And of Others who Have Received Degrees, 1800-1915|date=1917|publisher=The College|page=9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TapBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA9 |accessdate=July 3, 2014}}</ref> He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1828. He was a trustee of the University of Vermont and Norwich University.

After leaving Congress he moved to Washington, D.C., and served as a clerk in the War Department from 1835 to 1839. He then served as a clerk in the Treasury Department in 1840.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ellis|first1=William Arba|title=Norwich university, 1819-1911: her history, her graduates, her roll of honor, pub. by Major-General Grenville M. Dodge|date=1911|publisher=The Capital city press|page=6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XJApAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA5 |accessdate=July 3, 2014}}</ref>

Buck died in Washington, D.C., on December 24, 1841, and is interred in the Congressional Cemetery in Washington D.C.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Blake|first1=John Lauris|title=A biographical dictionary: comprising a summary account of the lives of the most distinguished persons of all ages, nations, and professions; including more than two thousand articles of American biography|date=1859|publisher=H. Cowperthwait & co|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_jWo7AQAAIAAJ/page/n215 212]|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_jWo7AQAAIAAJ |accessdate=July 3, 2014}}</ref>

==Family life== Buck married Philometa C. Dodge on November 10, 1816.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Middlebury College|title=Catalogue of Officers and Students of Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont: And of Others who Have Received Degrees, 1800-1915|date=1917|publisher=The College|page=9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TapBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA9 |accessdate=July 3, 2014}}</ref> Their children were Daniel Buck, Elizabeth Morse Buck, Ben Buck and Londus Buck.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/c/h/Carolyn-J-Schneider/GENE10-0008.html|title= Descendants of EDMUND BUCK|publisher=Ancestry.com|accessdate= July 3, 2014}}</ref>

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