Biography

06/18/1775 - 10/21/1852

BUCHER, John Conrad, Jr., a Representative from Huntingdon County; born, June 18, 1775 in Lebanon County, Pa.; hatter; elected, commissioner, Dauphin County (1793); engaged, saw and grist mills; mechanic; elected, auditor, Huntingdon County (1814, 1822); postmaster, United States Postal Service, Alexandria (1814-1815); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1815-1816, 1816-1817, and 1817-1818 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1818-1819 term; unsuccessful campaign, auditor, Huntingdon County (1819, 1821); director, Huntingdon Bank (1819); merchant (1820-1852); elected, commissioner, Huntingdon County (1825-1828); elected, delegate, Democratic National Convention (1828); elected, delegate, Democratic State Convention (1834); died, October 21, 1852 in Alexandria, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.