John Conrad Bucher

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

Career

John Bucher attended the public schools of his home. After a subsequent study of law and qualifying as a lawyer, he began practicing in Harrisburg in this profession. In 1813 he worked for the authority for management of state lands in Pennsylvania ( Clerk of the Land Department ). He was also a member of the City Council of Harrisburg and the local Commission of the school directors. In the 1820s he joined the movement to the future President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the Democratic Party, founded in 1828 by this.

In the congressional elections of 1830 bird was in the sixth constituency of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Innis Green on March 4, 1831. Until March 3, 1833, he was able to complete a term in Congress. Since the inauguration of President Jackson in 1829, was discussed inside and outside of Congress vehemently about its policy. It was about the controversial enforcement of the Indian Removal Act, the conflict with the State of South Carolina, which culminated in the Nullifikationskrise, and banking policy of the President.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives John Bucher was curator at various schools in Pennsylvania. Since 1839 until his death on 15 October 1851, he served as associate judge in Dauphin County.