- Ferdinand Brucker
infobox Congressman
name = Ferdinand Brucker
honorific-suffix =
state = Michigan
district = 8th
party = Democrat
term_start =March 4 ,1897
term_end =March 3 ,1899
preceded =William S. Linton
succeeded =Joseph W. Fordney
birth_date =January 8 ,1858
birth_place =Bridgeport, Michigan
death_date =March 3 ,1904
death_place =Saginaw, Michigan
nationality = American
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relations =
children =
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alma_mater =University of Michigan
occupation =Lawyer
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footnotes =Ferdinand Brucker (
January 8 ,1858 –March 3 ,1904 ) was apolitician from theU.S. state ofMichigan .Brucker was born in
Bridgeport, Michigan , where he attended thecommon school s. He was a member of the State militia 1878-1881. He graduated from the law department of theUniversity of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1881, was admitted to the bar the same year, and commenced practice in Saginaw. He was an alderman of East Saginaw, 1882-1884, a judge of the probate court of Saginaw County, 1888-1896, and a delegate to the1896 Democratic National Convention .Brucker was elected as a Democrat from
Michigan's 8th congressional district to the 55th Congress, serving fromMarch 4 ,1897 toMarch 3 ,1899 . He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1898, losing toJoseph W. Fordney .After leaving Congress, Ferdinand Brucker resumed the practice of law. He died in Saginaw and is interred in Bridgeport Cemetery in Bridgeport. His son,
Wilber M. Brucker , later served asGovernor of Michigan from 1931 to 1932.References
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bruchhausen-brunner.html#R9M0IQU8N The Political Graveyard]
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