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Ellsworth B. Buck | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York | |
| In office June 6, 1944 – January 3, 1949 | |
| Preceded by | James A. O'Leary |
| Succeeded by | James J. Murphy |
| Constituency | 11th district (1944–45) 16th district (1945–49) |
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| Born | Ellsworth Brewer Buck July 3, 1892 |
| Died | August 14, 1970 (aged 78) |
| Resting place | Thunder Mountain Ranch Cemetery |
| Party | Republican |
| Spouse | Constance Tyler |
| Education | Dartmouth College |
Ellsworth Brewer Buck (July 3, 1892 – August 14, 1970) was an American businessman and educator who served three terms as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York during the 1940s.
Buck was born in Chicago, Illinois[1] and attended Morgan Park Academy. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1914[2] and enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve in 1917.[3] 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. (before that chewing gum company moved to Edison, New Jersey and was subsequently purchased by Wrigley)[4] Buck served as chairman of the Chewing Gum Code Authority from 1934 to 1935[5] 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.[6]
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. Also, while representing Staten Island, he was an opponent of the establishment of the Fresh Kills Landfill.[7]
On April 5, 1949, months following his retirement from Congress, Buck was shot and seriously wounded by a gunman while crossing the street on Stuyvesant Place outside Staten Island Borough Hall. The assailant, Charles Van Newkirk, was a dismissed Merchant Marine engineer who was disgruntled after Buck, as chairman of a House Education and Labor subcommittee, denied his appeal to regain his position.[8]
Following his recovery, Buck served as a delegate to the 1952 Republican National Convention. He was director of the Office of Trade Investment and Monetary Affairs in 1954, and was public advisor of the United States delegation to the United Nations Economic and Social Council in Geneva, Switzerland in 1955.
Buck died at his home in Stephenson, Wisconsin in 1970 and was cremated. His ashes were placed in Thunder Mountain Ranch Cemetery.
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Ellsworth Brewer Buck (July 3, 1892 – August 14, 1970) was an American businessman and educator who served three terms as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York during the 1940s.
Ellsworth Air Force Base (AFB) (IATA: RCA, ICAO: KRCA, FAA LID: RCA) is a United States Air Force (USAF) base located about 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Rapid City, South Dakota, just north of the town of Box Elder. The host unit at Ellsworth is the 28th Bomb Wing (28 BW). Assigned to the Global Strike Command's Eighth Air Force, the 28 BW is one of the USAF's two Rockwell B-1B Lancer wings, along with the 7th Bomb Wing at Dyess AFB, Texas. In 2023, the 28th Bomb Wing is commanded by Colonel Derek Oakley; its command chief master sergeant was Chief Master Sergeant Adam Vizi. Ellsworth has a population of about 8,000 military members, family members and civilian employees. Rapid City itself has a population of 78,824. There are about 3,800 military retirees in western South Dakota. For decades, Ellsworth's main entrance included a symbolic B-52 Stratofortress, a gift from the citizens of Rapid City. This entrance has recently been replaced. An expansion of a bomber training area encompassing the Northern Plains known as the Powder River Training Complex began in 2008.
John Bradley Ellsworth (born September 11, 1958) is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for Indiana's 8th congressional district from 2007 to 2011. In 2010, he was the Democratic candidate for a seat in the United States Senate, but he was defeated by former Senator Dan Coats.
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