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Peirce, Robert Bruce Fraser
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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | Robert Bruce Fraser Peirce |
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Crawfordsville, Indiana , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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February 17, 1843
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| Died | December 05, 1898
(55 years)
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| Contributor | Joshua L. |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | PEIRCE, Robert Bruce Fraser, a Representative from Indiana; born in Laurel, Franklin County, Ind., February 17, 1843; attended the public schools and also educated by private tutors; served in the Civil War as second lieutenant of Company H, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Regiment, Indiana Volunteers; was graduated from Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind., in 1866; studied law at Shelbyville, Ind.; was admitted to the bar in 1866 and commenced practice in Crawfordsville in 1867; elected prosecuting attorney of Montgomery County in 1868 and reelected in 1870 and 1872; elected as a Republican to the Forty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1881-March 3, 1883); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress; resumed the practice of law; appointed receiver for the Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railway; died in Indianapolis, Ind., December 5, 1898; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Ind.
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