Biography

06/15/1797 - 11/27/1884

George Horter Bucher (D14) Cumberland, Juniata, Mifflin and Perry Counties 1863-1864 (D18) Cumberland and York Counties 1865 

Early Life:

George Horter Bucher, born June 15, 1797, Leukens Valley, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; son of Johann Jacob and Susannah Margaret Horter; Dauphin County Latin School; Harrisburg Academy; engaged, merchandising; moved to Hogestown, (outside Mechanicsburg), Cumberland County, 1836; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1863-1865; married twice, Rebecca Pool (d. 1829), no children; Hanna Hough, children, Robert Allen Bucher, Ellen Bucher Cresswell, Clare Maria Bucher Scott, Hannah Cordelia Bucher Ployer; died, Thanksgiving Day, November 27, 1884, Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; interment Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. 

Pennsylvania Politics: 

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 14th district, Cumberland, Juniata, Mifflin and Perry Counties, 1863-1864.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 18th district, Cumberland and York Counties, 1865.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members B". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

The Sentinel (Carlisle, Pennsylvania) Friday November 28, 1884, Page 4.

George H. Horter Bucher (1797-1884) - Find a Grave Memorial