John Conrad Bucher

John Conrad Bucher (born December 28, 1792 in Harrisburg , Pennsylvania , †  October 15, 1851 there ) was an American politician . Between 1831 and 1833 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Bucher attended public schools in his home country. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer, he began to practice in Harrisburg in this profession. In 1813 he worked for the Pennsylvania State Land Administration ( Clerk of the Land Department ). He also became a member of the Harrisburg City Council and School Directors Commission. In the 1820s he joined the movement around the future President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the Democratic Party founded by this in 1828 .

In the congressional election of 1830 Bucher was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the sixth constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded Innis Green on March 4, 1831 . Until March 3, 1833 he was able to complete a legislative period in Congress . Since President Jackson took office in 1829, there has been heated debate inside and outside of Congress about its policies. It was about the controversial enforcement of the Indian Removal Act , the conflict with the state of South Carolina , which culminated in the nullification crisis , and the banking policy of the president.

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, John Bucher was a curator at various schools in Pennsylvania. From 1839 until his death on October 15, 1851, he served as an associate judge in Dauphin County .

Web links

• John Conrad Bucher in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• John Conrad booking in the database of Find a Grave (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Innis Green	United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania (6th constituency) March 4, 1831 - March 3, 1833	Robert Ramsey