George Hough Bucher Explained

George Hough Bucher
Office:Member of the Pennsylvania Senate
from the 18th district
Term Start:1865
Term End:1866
Predecessor:William McSherry
Successor:James C. Brown
Office1:Member of the Pennsylvania Senate
from the 14th district
Term Start1:1863
Term End1:1865
Predecessor1:Erasmus Darwin Crawford
Successor1:John Walls
Birth Date:June 15, 1797
Birth Place:Leukens Valley, Pennsylvania
Death Place:Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
Party:Democrat
Residence:Hogestown
Spouse:Rebecca Née Pool (died 1829)
Hanna Hough
Children:4
Occupation:Merchandising

George Horter Bucher (1797-1884) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who represented the 14th and 18th districts of the Pennsylvania Senate from 1863 to 1866 as a Democrat.[1]

Biography

George Hough Bucher was born June 15, 1797, in Leukens Valley in Dauphin County to Johann Jacob and Susannah Margaret Horter. He graduated from the Dauphin County Latin School and the Harrisburg Academy before working in merchandising and moved to Hogestown in Cumberland County in 1836. He was elected as a Democrat to the 14th District of the Pennsylvania Senate in 1862, serving from 1863 to 1865 when he got redistricted to the 18th District. He married twice, first to Rebecca Pool who died in 1829 without any children, and a second time to Hanna Hough. The couple had four children: Robert Allen Bucher, Ellen Bucher Cresswell, Clare Maria Bucher Scott, and Hannah Cordelia Bucher Ployer. George Hough Bucher died on Thanksgiving, November 27, 1884 in Mechanicsburg where he is interred in the Chestnut Hill Cemetery.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: George Horter Bucher . . 13 November 2023.