John A. Becher

John Augustus Becher (March 13, 1833 – December 30, 1915) was an American businessman and politician.

Born in Weimar, Germany, Becher emigrated to the United States in 1853 and then settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1857. During the American Civil War, Becher served in the 34th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment and was quartermaster. Becher was in the real estate business. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Board of Immigration from 1869 to 1871. Becher served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1873 and was a Republican. He then served on the Milwaukee School Board from 1873 to 1877. Becher died in a hospital in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[1][2]

Notes
  1. 'Wisconsin Blue Book 1873,' Biographical Sketch of John Augustus Becher, pg. 448
  2. 'Ex-Immigration Board Head Dies,' Milwaukee Sentinel, December 31, 1915, pg. 4


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