Frank H. Buck
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 3rd district |
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In office March 4, 1933 – September 17, 1942 |
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| Preceded by | Charles F. Curry, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Justin L. Johnson |
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| Born | September 23, 1887 Vacaville, California |
| Died | September 17, 1942 (aged 54) Washington, D.C. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Zayda Zabriskie Eva M. Benson |
| Children | 4 |
Frank Henry Buck (September 23, 1887 – September 17, 1942) was an American heir, businessman and politician. He served as U.S. Representative from California from 1933 to 1942.
Frank Buck was born on a ranch near Vacaville, California on September 23, 1887. His grandfather, Leonard W. Buck, was the founder of the Buck Company, a fruit-growing company, who had been elected to the California State Senate in 1895. He attended the public schools. He was a member of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity, and graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1908 and from the law department of Harvard University in 1911. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in San Francisco, California.
He was involved in business ventures including fruit growing, oil refining, and lumber, partly thanks to his inheritance.
In 1900, together with Burton E. Green (1868-1965), Charles A. Canfield (1848-1913), Max Whittier (1867–1928), William F. Herrin (1854-1927), Henry E. Huntington (1850-1927), William G. Kerckhoff (1856–1929), W.S. Porter and Frank H. Balch, known as the Amalgated Oil Company, he purchased Rancho Rodeo de las Aguas from Henry Hammel and Andrew H. Denker and renamed it Morocco Junction. After drilling for oil and only finding water, they reorganized their business into the Rodeo Land and Water Company to develop a new residential town later known as Beverly Hills, California.
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