Ferdinand Brucker
Ferdinand Brucker (January 8, 1858–March 3, 1904) was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan. Brucker was born in Bridgeport, Michigan, where he attended the common schools. He was a member of the State militia 1878-1881. He graduated from the law department of the University 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 the Democratic National Convention in 1896. Brucker was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives from Michgian's 8th District for the Fifty-fifth Congress, serving from March 4, 1897 to March 3, 1899. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1898, losing to Joseph W. Fordney, and resumed the practice of law. He died in Saginaw and is interred in Bridgeport Cemetery in Bridgeport. He was the father of Wilber M. Brucker, Governor of Michigan, 1931-1932.
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