predecessor successor death_date children party office birth_date order term_start spouse image article_title term_end name
chester b. jordan john mclane april 22 , 1934 -lrb- aged 79 -rrb- ruth henry bachelder , b. march 17 , 1895 bachelder , b. may 22 , 1891 ; republican governor of new hampshire september 3 , 1854 49th january 1 , 1903 mary a. putney nahum state builders.jpg josiah bachelder , governor of new hampshire from nahum j. bachelder
 january 5 , 1905 nahum josiah bachelder
nahum j. bachelder

nahum josiah bachelder -lrb- september 3 , 1854 -- april 22 , 1934 -rrb- was the 49th governor of new hampshire .
he was a farmer and republican politician from andover , new hampshire , united states .
bachelder lived at and operated his family farm throughout his life , was a leader in the grange , and served a single term as governor of new hampshire .
he became politically active when he joined the grange , a farmers ' advocacy group , in 1877 .
bachelder became master of the local grange for merrimack county .
he was appointed to new hampshire 's state board of agriculture , and served from 1887 until 1913 , remaining in this post even through his two years as governor .
bachelder was elected as the master of the state grange in 1891 and held the post until he resigned to become governor in 1903 .
after his term as governor of new hampshire , he served as the master of the national grange .
he died on his farm in andover in 1934 and is buried in the proctor cemetery there .
