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

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from

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. Reuben K. Bachman was born in

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. 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

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. 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 Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives