Ferdinand Brucker

Ferdinand Brucker (born January 8, 1858 in Bridgeport , Saginaw County , Michigan , †  March 3, 1904 in Saginaw , Michigan) was an American politician ( Democratic Party ).

Career

Brucker attended the community school in Bridgeport. Between 1878 and 1881 he was a member of the state militia. He received his doctorate in 1881 from the Law Institute of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor , where he was admitted to the bar that same year. Brucker began his legal practice in Saginaw. From 1882 to 1884 he was a councilor of East Saginaw , from 1888 to 1896 judge of the probate court in Saginaw County and 1896 delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago , on which William Jennings Bryan was nominated for the first time as a presidential candidate.

Brucker was as a member of the eighth electoral district of Michigan in the House of Representatives of the 55th Congress elected. His term of office went from March 4, 1897 to March 3, 1899. In the re-election in 1898 he was unsuccessful and lost to Joseph W. Fordney . Then Brucker resumed his practice as a lawyer.

He died in Saginaw and was buried in Bridgeport Cemetery in Bridgeport. His son Wilber M. Brucker was governor of Michigan between 1931 and 1932 ; unlike his father, he was a member of the Republican Party .

Web links

• Ferdinand Brucker in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)