Reuben Knecht BACHMAN, Congress, PA (1834-1911)
BACHMAN, Reuben Knecht, a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Williams Township, Northampton County, Pa., August 6, 1834; attended the common schools; taught school for several years; entered the mercantile and milling business in Durham, Bucks County, Pa.; elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1881); was not a candidate for renomination in 1880; delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Chicago in 1884; engaged in the lumber business and the manufacture of buildersâ millwork at Riegelsville, Pa., and Phillipsburg, N.J.; died in Easton, Pa., September 19, 1911; interment in Durham Cemetery, near Durham, Bucks County, Pa.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
