Daniel Buck (September 28, 1829 – May 21, 1905) was an American attorney, politician, and jurist.

Early life and education

Born in

Boonville, New York Boonville is a town in Oneida County, New York, United States. The town is in the northeastern section of the county. The population was 4,555 at the 2010 census. The town includes a village, also called Boonville. The town and village are name ...

, Buck studied law at

New York Law School New York Law School (NYLS) is a private, American law school in the Tribeca neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City. The third oldest law school in New York City, its history predates its official founding in 1891 by Theodore William Dwight, T ...

and was admitted to the

New York State Bar Association The New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) is a voluntary bar association for the state of New York. The mission of the association is to cultivate the science of jurisprudence; promote reform in the law; facilitate the administration of justice ...

Career

Buck moved to

Minnesota Territory The Territory of Minnesota was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 3, 1849, until May 11, 1858, when the eastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the state of Minnesota and the w ...

in 1857 and eventually settled in the area that became

Mankato, Minnesota Mankato ( ) is a city in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, Blue Earth, Nicollet County, Minnesota, Nicollet, and Le Sueur County, Minnesota, Le Sueur counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is the county seat of Blue Earth County, Minnesota. The ...

. He was on hand to witness the aftermath of the final climatic battle between the Dakota and Ojibwe tribes at the

Battle of Shakopee The Battle of Shakopee occurred on the morning of Thursday, May 27, 1858, between Murphy's Landing in Shakopee and Eden Prairie, Minnesota, on the banks of the Minnesota River. It was the last major conflict, notably after centuries of conflict, b ...

in 1858. Buck was a central figure in the founding of the Village of Mankato, the Mankato Normal School, and the Mankato Area Chamber of Commerce. In 1866, Buck served in the

Minnesota House of Representatives The Minnesota House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the U.S. state of Minnesota's Minnesota Legislature, legislature. It operates in conjunction with the Minnesota Senate, the state's upper chamber, to write and pass legislation, whic ...

as a

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and then served in the

Minnesota Senate The Minnesota Senate is the upper house of the Minnesota Legislature, Legislature of the U.S. state of Minnesota. At 67 members, half as many as the Minnesota House of Representatives, it is the largest upper house of any State legislature (Unite ...

from 1879 to 1883. Buck also served on the Minnesota State Normal School Board and Mankato School Board. Buck was an associate justice of the

Minnesota Supreme Court The Minnesota Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The court hears cases in the Supreme Court chamber in the Minnesota State Capitol or in the nearby Minnesota Judicial Center. History The court was first assemb ...

from 1894 until 1899 when he resigned due to his wife's ill health. In 1904, Buck published his book on the Indian troubles in Minnesota, especially for the Spirit Lake actions. He intended his book ''Indian Outbreaks'' to be a judicially impartial account.

Personal life

Buck died in Mankato, Minnesota.

References

1829 births 1905 deaths Politicians from Mankato, Minnesota People from Boonville, New York New York Law School alumni New York (state) lawyers Justices of the Minnesota Supreme Court Democratic Party members of the Minnesota House of Representatives Democratic Party Minnesota state senators School board members in Minnesota 19th-century Minnesota state court judges 19th-century members of the Minnesota Legislature {{Minnesota-MNSenate-stub