Ellsworth B. Buck
| Ellsworth Brewer Buck | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 16th district |
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In office January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1949 |
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| Preceded by | James H. Fay |
| Succeeded by | James J. Murphy |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 11th district |
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In office June 6, 1944 – January 3, 1945 |
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| Preceded by | James A. O'Leary |
| Succeeded by | James J. Heffernan |
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July 3, 1892 Chicago, Illinois |
| Died | August 14, 1970 (aged 78) Stephenson, Wisconsin |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Constance Tyler |
| Alma mater | Dartmouth College |
Ellsworth Brewer Buck (July 3, 1892 – August 14, 1970) was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York during the 1940s.
Buck was born in Chicago, Illinois and attended Morgan Park Academy. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1914 and enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve in 1917. He became a meteorology instructor following his training at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
He moved to Staten Island in 1919 where he served as chairman of the board of L.A. Dreyfus Co. Buck served as chairman of the Chewing Gum Code Authority from 1934 to 1935 and became a member of the New York City Board of Education in 1935. He was vice president of the New York City Board of Education from 1938 until 1942, and president from 1942 until 1944.
Buck was elected to Congress in 1944 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James A. O'Leary. He served from June 6, 1944 until January 3, 1949, serving in the Seventy-eighth United States Congress, Seventy-ninth United States Congress and Eightieth United States Congress. While in Congress, Buck strongly backed the Taft-Hartley Act, opposed by organized labor; and voted in favor of a proposal to ban the poll tax, a device which kept southern blacks from voting. He did not run for reelection in 1948.
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