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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | William C. Bruce |
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Ruxton, Maryland , United States |
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March 12, 1860
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| Died | May 09, 1946
(86 years)
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| Contributor | U Ole Polecat |
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| Info | received an academic education at Norwood High School and College, Nelson County, Va.; attended the University of Virginia at Charlottesville; was graduated from the University of Maryland Law School at Baltimore in 1882; was 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.
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