Clarence Bennett Buckman

Republican Representative of Minnesota's 6th district

Congresses Served

House Terms

April 1, 1851 (65 years old)

Birthday

March 1, 1917

Death

Served in the U.S. House of Representatives for Minnesota’s 6th congressional district from 1903 to 1907.
Held positions in both houses of the Minnesota Legislature, including the Minnesota House of Representatives and the Minnesota Senate.
Worked as a farmer and lumberman prior to his political career.
Appointed justice of the peace in 1873.
Involved in local governance and community development, with a town named after him.
Experienced a significant personal challenge when he lost his left leg in a farming accident, which he overcame to walk without a limp using a wooden leg.
Elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1880 and subsequently to the Minnesota Senate in 1882.
Chaired various committees during his legislative terms, including the Grain and Warehouse Inspection Committee and the Internal Improvements Committee.
Built and opened a high-end hotel in Little Falls, Minnesota, in 1893.
Returned to the Minnesota Senate in 1898 as an Independent Republican after previously serving as a Republican.
Served as a U.S. deputy marshal from 1907 to 1912 after his congressional career.
Died in 1917 at the Battle Creek Sanitarium in Michigan and is buried in Little Falls, Minnesota.