Reuben Knecht Bachman
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Reuben Knecht Bachman (August 6, 1834–September 19, 1911) was a Democrat member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Reuben K. Bachman was born in Williams Township, Northampton County, Pennsylvania. He attended the common schools, and taught school for several years;. He entered the mercantile and milling business in Durham, Pennsylvania.
Bachman was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-sixth Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1880. He was a delegate to the 1884 Democratic National Convention at Chicago. He engaged in the lumber business and the manufacture of builders’ millwork at Riegelsville, Pennsylvania, and Phillipsburg, New Jersey. He died in Easton, Pennsylvania. Interment in Durham Cemetery, near Durham.
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| Preceded by Samuel A. Bridges |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district 1879 - 1881 |
Succeeded by William Mutchler |
