Clarence Buckman

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| office = Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Minnesota's 6th district

| term_start = March 4, 1903

| term_end = March 3, 1907

| predecessor = Robert P. Morris

| successor = Charles August Lindbergh

| office2 = Member of the Minnesota Senate from the 48th district

| term_start2 = January 3, 1899

| term_end2 = January 5, 1903

| predecessor2 = Alonzo B. Cole

| successor2 = John Taylor Frater

| office3 = Member of the Minnesota Senate from the 39th district

| term_start3 = January 2, 1883

| term_end3 = January 5, 1891

| predecessor3 = Lars K. Aaker

| successor3 = Silas W. Leavitt

| office4 = Member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from the 30th district

| term_start4 = January 4, 1881

| term_end4 = January 1, 1883

| predecessor4 = Abram M. Fridley

| successor4 = Frederick H. Boardman
William H. Grimshaw
Orange S. Miller
August Von Ende

| birth_name = Clarence Bennett Buckman

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1851|4|1}} (uncertain)

| birth_place = Doylestown, Pennsylvania, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1917|3|1|1851|4|1}}

| death_place = Battle Creek, Michigan, U.S.

| resting_place = Oakland Cemetery, Little Falls, Minnesota

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| party = Republican

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Clarence Bennett "C.B." Buckman (April 1, 1851 – March 1, 1917) was an American farmer, lumberman, and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives for Minnesota's 6th congressional district from 1903 to 1907. He also served in both houses of the Minnesota Legislature prior to his election to Congress.

Early life and pre-political career

Buckman was born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, on April 1. The year is uncertain, with sources claiming it to be anywhere between 1849 and 1852; 1851 seems to be the most widely accepted year. He moved to Minnesota in 1872 and was involved in agriculture and the lumber industry before being appointed justice of the peace in 1873.{{cite web |title=Buckman, Clarence Bennett "C.B." |url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=11476 |website=Minnesota Legislature |access-date=May 28, 2020}}{{cite web |title=BUCKMAN, Clarence Bennett (1851-1917) |url=https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=B001029 |website=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress |access-date=May 28, 2020}} When the area he lived on became incorporated in 1874, it was named after him, becoming Buckman, Minnesota.{{cite book |last1=Upham |first1=Warren |title=Minnesota geographic names; their origin and historic significance |date=1969 |publisher=Minnesota Historical Society |location=Saint Paul, Minnesota |page=351 |url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n369/mode/2up |access-date=May 28, 2020}} A September 13, 1876 threshing machine accident on his farm caused him to lose his left leg.{{cite book |last1=Mitchell |first1=William Bell |title=History of Stearns County, Minnesota |date=1915 |publisher=H.C. Cooper, Jr., & Co. |location=Chicago |page=1141 |isbn=978-5-88367-022-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SyEUAwAAQBAJ&q=%22C.B.+Buckman%22&pg=PA1141 |access-date=May 28, 2020}} He would use a wooden leg for the rest of his life and reportedly practiced enough that he walked without a limp.{{cite AV media|date= November 11, 2010|title=Buckman Hotel, Little Falls, MN |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIlHdAieRuw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/fIlHdAieRuw |archive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live|access-date=May 28, 2020|publisher=Edinborough Press }}{{cbignore}} He moved to Little Falls in 1880.

Political career and retirement

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Buckman was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives for the 30th district in 1880. He served only one term, as he won the Minnesota Senate seat for the 39th district in 1882. During his term, he served as chairman for the Grain and Warehouse Inspection Committee. His farm in Buckman was destroyed by the 1886 Sauk Rapids tornado.{{cite web |last1=Riley |last2=Swain |title=Cyclone of 1886, ruins of Senator Buckman's farm, near Buckman, Minnesota |url=http://cdm16022.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/stearns/id/1043/rec/12 |website=Minnesota Digital Library |access-date=May 28, 2020}} He was reelected to the state Senate in 1886, although during the term his residence was listed as Sauk Rapids. During the first half of his term, he was designated president pro tempore and also served as chairman for the Booms and Logs Special Committee and the Finance Committee. He was not reelected to his state Senate seat in 1890. In 1892, disliking the accommodations of his Little Falls hotel room, Buckman decided he would build his own. He bought a corner lot in the downtown area and designed the building himself, telling the architects to only fill in the blanks. The hotel opened its doors on February 16, 1893, and was considered Little Falls' high-end hotel. The building now serves as a senior living facility{{cite news |last1=Vogel |first1=Jennifer |title=Relics photo essay: Senior living at the Buckman Hotel in Little Falls |url=https://blogs.mprnews.org/ground-level/2013/07/reviving-minnesota-relics-buckman-hotel-in-little-falls/ |access-date=May 28, 2020 |work=Minnesota Public Radio |date=July 17, 2013}} and is a contributing building to the Little Falls Commercial Historic District.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=94000740}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Little Falls Commercial Historic District |website=National Park Service |author=Susan Granger |author2=Scott Kelly |author3=Norene Roberts |author4=Joe Roberts |author5=Jan Warner |author6=Bruce Mellor |date=1994 |access-date=April 13, 2020}} With {{NRHP url|id=94000740|photos=y|title=40 accompanying pictures by Joe Roberts from 1993}} Buckman returned to politics when he won election to the state Senate for the 48th district in 1898, this time running as an Independent Republican instead of Republican, which he ran as for the other positions he held. He served as chairman of the Internal Improvements Committee for his first term and chair for the Labor Committee in his second. He then won a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives for the 6th district in 1902 and won reelection in 1904 before losing renomination to Charles Lindbergh, Sr. in 1906. He was a U.S. deputy marshal from 1907 to 1912.