David B. Brunner

David B. Brunner ( born March 7, 1835 in Amity, Berks County, Pennsylvania, † November 29, 1903 in Reading, Pennsylvania ) was an American politician. Between 1889 and 1893 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

David Brunner attended the common schools and then completed an apprenticeship in carpentry. From 1853 to 1856 he taught as a teacher. At the same time, he continued his own education continued with studies of classical antiquity science. In 1860 he graduated from Dickinson College in Carlisle. From 1860 to 1869 he served as principal conductor of the Reading Classical Academy. In 1880 he founded the Reading Business College. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1888 Brunner was the ninth constituency of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he succeeded the Republican John Andrew Hiestand on March 4, 1889. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1893 two legislative sessions. In 1892 he gave up another candidacy. After his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Brunner taught at the Reading Business College. He died on 29 November 1903 in Reading.