Frank H. Buck

Frank Henry Buck Jr. (September 23, 1887 – September 17, 1942) was an American heir, businessman and politician. He served as a U.S. representative from California from 1933 to 1942.

Early life Frank Buck, Jr. was born on a ranch near Vacaville, California, on September 23, 1887, to Frank Henry Buck, Sr. (1859-1916) and the former Annie Elizabeth Stevenson (1862-1920).

His grandfather, Leonard W. Buck, born in 1834, founded the Buck Company, a fruit-growing company, and was elected to the California State Senate just before his death in 1895. 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. He was involved in business ventures including fruit growing, oil refining, and lumber, partly thanks to his inheritance.

Personal life He married Zayda Zabriskie (daughter of Christian Brevoort Zabriskie) on April 18, 1911. They had four children, Frank Henry Buck III (1912–1993), Margaret Ann Buck (born 1913), Christian Brevoort Zabriskie Buck (1914–1995) and Edward Zabriskie Elvis Buck (1917–1964). After they divorced, he married Eva Mathilde Benson in 1926,

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