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 moved to Minnesota in 1872 and was involved in agriculture and the lumber industry before being appointed justice of the peace in 1873.[3] A September 13, 1876 threshing machine accident on his farm caused him to lose his left leg.He bought a corner lot in the downtown area and designed the building himself, telling the architects to only fill in the blanks.[2] He died at the Battle Creek Sanitarium in Michigan on March 1, 1917, and is buried in Oakland Cemetery in Little Falls.