Alfred Eliab Buck

Alfred Eliab Buck ( born February 7, 1832 in Foxcroft, Piscataquis County, Maine, † December 4, 1902 in Tokyo, Japan) was an American soldier and politician ( Republican).

Career

Alfred Eliab Buck graduated in 1859 at Waterville College (now Colby College).

After the outbreak of the American Civil War, he enlisted in the Union Army, where he held the beginning of the rank of Captain in the Company C, 13th Regiment, Maine Volunteer Infantry. In August 1863 he was appointed Lieutenant Colonel in the 91st United States Colored Troops. Buck was then added in October 1864 to the 51st United States Colored Troops. He also later received for his heroism appointment as Brevet Colonel. He was retired in June 1866 Baton Rouge ( Louisiana).

Buck took 1867 as a delegate part in the constitutional convention of Alabama. He also worked as a clerk at the District Court of Mobile County in the same and subsequent years. After he was elected in the 41st U.S. Congress, where he worked between March 4th 1869 and March 3, 1871. Buck was in 1873 appointed President of the City Council of Mobile. Then he worked 1874-1889 as a clerk at the federal and state courts in Atlanta ( Georgia). Subsequently, he was responsible 1889-1893 as U.S. Marshal for the Northern District of Georgia. In April 1897 appointed him then U.S. President William McKinley ambassador to Japan, a position which he held until his death in 1902. He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery.