US Con Buck, Alfred Eliab

Alfred Eliab Buck​

Born: February 7, 1832

Birthplace: Dover – Foxcroft, Maine

Father: Benjamin Thomas Buck 1798 – 1875

Mother: Almira Todd 1800 – 1882

Wife: Ellen B. Baker 1840 – 1927

(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)​

Political Party: Republican Party

Education:

1859: Graduated from Waterville College​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1863: Captain Company C, 13th​ Maine Infantry Regiment​

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1863 – 1864: Lt. Colonel of 91st​ United States Colored Troops​

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1864 – 1866: Lt. Colonel of 51st​ United States Colored Troops​

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1865: Brevetted Colonel in the United States Colored Troops​

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1866: Mustered out of the Union Army on June 16th at Baton Rouge​

Occupation after war:

1867: Delegate to Alabama State Constitutional Convention​

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1867 – 1868: Clerk of the Mobile Alabama Circuit Court​

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1869 – 1871: United States Congressman from Alabama​

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1869 – 1871: Chairman of House Pacific Railroad Committee​

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President of the Mobile, Alabama City Council​

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1874 – 1889: Clerk United States Circuit and District Courts in Atlanta​

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1889 – 1893: United States Marshal Northern District of Georgia​

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1897 – 1902: United States Minister to Japan​

Died: December 4, 1902

Place of Death: Tokyo, Japan

Age at time of Death: 70 years old

Burial Place: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia

 

[gentlemanrob]

Obit added:

 

[Pollaco]

He was in the turpentine manufacturing business in Mobile until the business was destroyed by fire in 1867. He then went into the iron-smelting business with his brother-in-law William B. Wood.

 

[Pollaco]

Buck was a member of Congress from March 1869 to March 1871 but declined to run for reelection.He endorsed and campaigned for Benjamin S. Turner,a black man who went on to win the election.

 

[USS ALASKA]

Seems to be a paper / book on the gent...can't hunt it down ...

Alfred Eliab Buck: Carpetbagger in Alabama and Georgia by Shyam Krishna Bhurtel, Auburn University - 1981

Cheers,
USS ALASKA