David B. Brunner

Democrat Representative of Pennsylvania's 9th district

Congresses Served

House Terms

March 7, 1835 (68 years old)

Birthday

November 29, 1903

Death

Served as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Born in Amity, Pennsylvania, and later died in Reading, Pennsylvania.
Worked as a carpenter before becoming a teacher between 1853 and 1856.
Studied the classics and graduated from Dickinson College in 1860.
Served as principal of the Reading Classical Academy from 1860 to 1869.
Founded the Reading Business College in 1880.
Served in the Fifty-first and Fifty-second Congresses but did not seek renomination in 1892.
Authored several Pennsylvania German poems, including “Wann ich yuscht en Bauer waer” (“If only I were a farmer”).
Was interred in Amityville Cemetery after his death in 1903.