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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 Michigan'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 .