  howard homan buffett (august 13, 1903 â april 30, 1964) was an omaha, nebraska businessman, investor, and four-term republican united states representative. he was the father of warren buffett, the billionaire investor. ==early life== howard buffett was born in omaha, nebraska to henrietta duvall buffett and ernest p. buffett, owners of a grocery business. the buffetts were of huguenot ancestry. howard buffett attended public schools and graduated from the university of nebraska in lincoln, nebraska in 1925. while a student, buffett was a brother of the alpha sigma phi fraternity. buffett married leila stahl on december 27, 1925. the buffetts were active members of dundee presbyterian church.dundee presbyterian church, omaha website after failing to secure a job in the family grocery business, howard buffett started a small stock brokerage.alice schroeder, the snowball: warren buffett and the business of life (random house, inc., 2009) books.google.com/books?id=odpwojo7eeqc&source=gbs_navlinks_s (isbn 0553384619, isbn 978-0-553-38461-1) ==career== entering the investment business, buffett also served on the omaha board of education from 1939 to 1942. in 1942 he ran for the u.s. house of representatives in the nebraska district in which omaha was located. in that election, buffett was seen as "a republican sacrificial lamb in nebraskaâs second district when fdr was a popular wartime leader."klein, philip (2011-09-20) buffett's dad was the ron paul of his day, washington examiner nevertheless, he went on to win the republican nomination in the primary and then the subsequent general election. he was reelected twice. in 1948 he again 
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