Ellsworth Brewer Buck was a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 member of the United States House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives

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 from New York

New York

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Buck was born in Chicago

Chicago

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. He graduated from Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College

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 in 1914. He was vice president of the New York City Board of Education

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 from 1938 until 1942 and president from 1942 until 1944. He was elected to Congress in 1944 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James A. O'Leary

James A. O'Leary

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 and served from June 6, 1944 until January 3, 1949. While in Congress, he strongly backed the Taft-Hartley Act

Taft-Hartley Act

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, opposed by organized labor; and voted in favor of a proposal to ban the poll tax

Poll tax

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, a device which kept southern blacks from voting. He was a delegate to the 1952 Republican National Convention

1952 Republican National Convention

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. He was public advisor of the United States delegation to the United Nations Economic and Social Council

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 in 1955. He died in Stephenson, Wisconsin

Stephenson, Wisconsin

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