John R. Buck

John Ransom Buck (December 6, 1835 – February 6, 1917) was a U.S. representative from Connecticut.

Pre-congressional years Buck was born in Glastonbury, Connecticut, to Halsey and Sarah Anne Buck. He attended Wilbraham Academy and Wesleyan University, located at Middletown, Connecticut, where he studied law.

In 1859, he entered the law office of Wells & Strong as a law student.

Elections Buck was elected as a Republican to the Forty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1881—March 3, 1883) and to the Forty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1885—March 3, 1887). He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress and for the re-election in 1886 to the Fiftieth Congress.

After Congress He resumed the practice of law in Hartford, Connecticut. After a long battle with illness, Buck died on February 6, 1917. He was interred at Cedar Hill Cemetery.