Background
BUCK, Clayton Douglass was born on March 21, 1890 in Buena Vista. New Castle Company, Delaware, United States. Son of Francis N. and Constance Margaret (Douglass) Buck.
BUCK, Clayton Douglass was born on March 21, 1890 in Buena Vista. New Castle Company, Delaware, United States. Son of Francis N. and Constance Margaret (Douglass) Buck.
Preparatory education, Friends’ School, Wilmington, Delaware. Student of University of Pennsylvania.
Was engaged in road-building engineering work, Delaware. Chief engineer, Delaware State Highway Department, 1920-1929. Governor of Delaware 1929-1937.
United States senator from Delaware for term beginning January 1943. President Equitable Trust Company, Wilmington.
Member, Delta Phi. Clubs: St. Elmo (Philadelphia), Wilmington, Wilmington Country, American Business, Union League (Washington, District of Columbia). Residence: Buena Vista, Wilmington, Delegate.
Married Alice duPont Wilson. Children: Clayton Douglass, Dorcas Van Dyke.