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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | C. Douglass Buck |
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New Castle, Delaware , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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March 21, 1890
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| Died | January 27, 1965
(74 years)
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| Contributor | Wishful Thinking |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | (great-grandnephew of John M. Clayton),
Senator from Delaware; born at �Buena Vista,� the family estate, in New Castle County, Del., March 21, 1890; was graduated from Friends School, Wilmington, Del., and for two years attended the University of Pennsylvania Engineering School at Philadelphia; engaged in road building and engineering work in Delaware; chief engineer of the Delaware State Highway Department 1922-1929; Governor of Delaware 1929-1937; engaged in the banking business; member of the Republican National Committee 1930-1937; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1942 and served from January 3, 1943,to January 3, 1949; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948; chairman, Committee on the District of Columbia (Eightieth Congress); resumed the banking business; tax commissioner of Delaware 1953-1957; was a resident of �Buena Vista,� New Castle County, Del., until his death January 27, 1965; interment in family plot in Immanuel Episcopal Church Grounds, New Castle, Del.
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