Reuben Knecht Bachman (August 6, 1834 – September 19, 1911) was a Democratic member of the

U.S. House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...

from

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

. Reuben K. Bachman was born in

Williams Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania Williams Township is a township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. The township's population was 6,581 at the 2020 census. The township is part of the Lehigh Valley metropolitan area, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th most pop ...

. He attended the common schools, and taught school for several years. He entered the mercantile and milling business in

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. He owned and operated the Durham Mill. ''Note:'' This includes Bachman was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in

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. He was a delegate to the

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at Chicago. He engaged in the lumber business and the manufacture of builders'

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, and

Phillipsburg, New Jersey Phillipsburg is a town located along the Delaware River in Warren County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is located across the river directly east from Easton, Pennsylvania. Phillipsburg is the most populous municipality in Warren County ...

. He died in

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. Interment in Durham Cemetery, near Durham.

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The Political Graveyard
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bachman, Reuben Knecht 1834 births 1911 deaths 19th-century American politicians Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania