Henry Augustus Buchtel

Henry Augustus Buchtel (born September 30, 1847 in Akron , Ohio , † October 22, 1924 in Denver , Colorado ) was an American politician ( Republican Party ) and from 1907 to 1909 the 16th governor of the state of Colorado.

Early years

In his early years, Buchtel moved to South Bend , Indiana with his parents . There he attended Indiana Asbury University until 1872 , where he studied theology. He was then ordained as a pastor in the Methodist Church. After his marriage to Mary Stevenson in February 1873, the newly wed couple moved to Bulgaria , where Buchtel worked as a missionary. Due to his wife's deteriorating health, the couple returned to the United States in August 1873. In the years that followed, Buchtel served as a pastor in Indiana, New York , Colorado, and New Jersey .

Political career in Colorado

In 1900 Buchtel became Chancellor of the University of Denver . He kept this office during and after his governorship. In 1906 he was elected governor of this state, where he prevailed with 46:37 percent of the vote against the Democrat Alva Adams . Buchtel took up his new office on January 8, 1907. During his two-year term of office, separate youth chambers were introduced in the state courts. At the same time convicts were used for road construction. Schools were better funded and laws to control banking and insurance were passed. Consumer protection was also strengthened with the help of a food control law. The legal review of the conditions in the slaughterhouses has been improved. At that time the Railway Committee was founded and a state mental hospital was built. When Buchtel left office on January 12, 1909, he left a balanced state budget and a surplus in the Landesbank.

Another résumé

Buchtel remained Chancellor of the University of Denver until 1920. Then he had to give up the post after a stroke. Four years later he died of complications from another stroke in Denver. He had four children with his wife, Mary.

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SURNAME	Buchtel, Henry Augustus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	September 30, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH	Akron , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH	October 22, 1924
Place of death	Denver , Colorado