Education
Born in Fairfield, New York, Buell attended the district schools and Fairfield Academy.
United States representative politician
Born in Fairfield, New York, Buell attended the district schools and Fairfield Academy.
He engaged in mercantile pursuits in Fairfield, and maintained general stores in other cities. Buell was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second Congress and served from March 4, 1851, until his death in Washington, District of Columbia, on January 29, 1853. He was interred in the Episcopal Cemetery, Fairfield, New New York
He served as a member of the New York State Assembly in 1845.