John Ransom Buck (December 6, 1835 – February 6, 1917) was a U.S. representative from Connecticut.

[1] He attended Wilbraham Academy and Wesleyan University, located at Middletown, Connecticut, where he studied law.

He was clerk of the Senate in 1866, president of the Hartford Court of Common Council in 1868, city attorney 1871 — 1873, treasurer of Hartford County 1873 — 1881 and a member of the Connecticut State Senate in 1880 — 1881.

[citation needed] He resumed the practice of law in Hartford, Connecticut.

[4] This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress