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Bruce, William Cabell, 1860-1946

LC control no.n 89673980
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LC classificationPS3503.R882
Personal name headingBruce, William Cabell, 1860-1946
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Birth date1860-03-12
Death date1946-05-09
Place of birthCharlotte County (Va.)
Place of deathRuxton (Md.)
AffiliationUniversity of Maryland (1812-1920)
Maryland. General Assembly. Senate
United States. Congress. Senate
Democratic Party (U.S.)
Profession or occupationLegislators
Lawyers
Found innuc89-12545: His Benjamin Franklin, self-revealed [MI] 1923 (hdg. on CtY rept.: Bruce, William Cabell, 1860- )
LC data base, 12-29-89 (hdg.: Bruce, William Cabell, 1860-1946; usage: William Cabell Bruce)
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website, viewed September 14, 2015 (Bruce, William Cabell, a Senator from Maryland; born in Staunton Hill, Charlotte County, Va., March 12, 1860; received an academic education at Norwood High School and College, Nelson County, Va.; attended the University of Virginia at Charlottesville; graduated from the University of Maryland Law School at Baltimore in 1882; admitted to the Maryland bar the same year and commenced practice in Baltimore, Md.; lawyer and writer; received the Pulitzer Prize in 1917 for his biography of Benjamin Franklin; member, State senate 1894-1896, serving as president in 1896; head of the city law department of Baltimore 1903-1908; member, Baltimore Charter Commission 1910; general counsel to the Public Service Commission of Maryland 1910-1922, when he resigned; unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator in 1916; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1923, to March 3, 1929; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1928; resumed the practice of law in Baltimore until 1937, when he retired; died in Ruxton, Baltimore County, Md., May 9, 1946; interment in St. Thomas' Episcopal Church Cemetery, Garrison, Md.)
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