William Cabell Bruce was an American politician and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer who represented the State of Maryland in the United States Senate from 1923 to 1929. Bruce was born in Staunton Hill, Virginia, and received an academic education at Norwood High School and College in Nelson County, Virginia. He later attended the University of Virginia and graduated from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1882.

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  • William Cabell Bruce was an American politician and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer who represented the State of Maryland in the United States Senate from 1923 to 1929. Bruce was born in Staunton Hill, Virginia, and received an academic education at Norwood High School and College in Nelson County, Virginia. He later attended the University of Virginia and graduated from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1882. Bruce was admitted to the Maryland bar the same year and commenced law practice in Baltimore, Maryland. In addition to his career in law, Bruce was also writer, and received the distinguished Pulitzer Prize in 1918 for his book Benjamin Franklin, Self-Revealed. Bruce began his political career in the Maryland Senate, serving from 1894 to 1896, and was appointed as president of the Senate in 1896. He served as head of the city law department of Baltimore from 1903 to 1908; as a member of the Baltimore Charter Commission in 1910; and as general counsel to the Maryland Public Service Commission from 1910 to 1922, at which time he resigned. Bruce was an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator in 1916, but achieved election six years later in the election of 1922. Bruce was defeated in the next election in 1928 by Republican Phillips Lee Goldsborough, and resumed the practice of law in Baltimore until 1937, when he retired. He died in Ruxton, Maryland, and is buried at St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church Cemetery in Garrison, Maryland.
  • William Cabell Bruce war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker der Demokratischen Partei, der den Bundesstaat Maryland im US-Senat vertrat. Der junge William Cabell Bruce erhielt seine Ausbildung an der High School in Norwood sowie am College des Nelson County. Später besuchte er die University of Virginia und graduierte schließlich 1882 an der Law School der University of Maryland. Er wurde danach in die Anwaltskammer aufgenommen und begann in Baltimore zu praktizieren. Seine politische Laufbahn begann im Senat von Maryland, dem Bruce von 1894 bis 1896 angehörte; in seinem letzten Amtsjahr war er Präsident der Parlamentskammer. Von 1903 bis 1908 stand er dem Rechtsdezernat der Stadt Baltimore vor. Von 1910 bis 1922 war er oberster Rechtsberater der Kommission für den öffentlichen Dienst von Maryland. Er legte dieses Amt nieder, nachdem er in den US-Senat gewählt worden war. Sechs Jahre zuvor hatte er bereits einen vergeblichen Versuch unternommen, ein Mandat im Kongress zu erringen. Bereits bei der nächsten Wahl unterlag er jedoch dem Republikaner Phillips Lee Goldsborough, sodass seine Zeit im Senat am 3. März 1929 endete. Er arbeitete danach wieder als Anwalt, bis er 1937 in den Ruhestand ging. William Cabell Bruce war auch als Autor tätig. So verfasste er das Buch Benjamin Franklin, Self-Revealed, eine Biographie von Benjamin Franklin, für die er 1918 den Pulitzer-Preis in der Kategorie Autobiographie/Biographie erhielt.
  • William Cabell Bruce to polityk amerykański, działacz Partii Demokratycznej. W latach 1923–1929 był przedstawicielem stanu Maryland w Senacie Stanów Zjednoczonych.
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  • William Cabell Bruce was an American politician and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer who represented the State of Maryland in the United States Senate from 1923 to 1929. Bruce was born in Staunton Hill, Virginia, and received an academic education at Norwood High School and College in Nelson County, Virginia. He later attended the University of Virginia and graduated from the University of Maryland School of Law in 1882.
  • William Cabell Bruce war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker der Demokratischen Partei, der den Bundesstaat Maryland im US-Senat vertrat. Der junge William Cabell Bruce erhielt seine Ausbildung an der High School in Norwood sowie am College des Nelson County. Später besuchte er die University of Virginia und graduierte schließlich 1882 an der Law School der University of Maryland. Er wurde danach in die Anwaltskammer aufgenommen und begann in Baltimore zu praktizieren.
  • William Cabell Bruce to polityk amerykański, działacz Partii Demokratycznej. W latach 1923–1929 był przedstawicielem stanu Maryland w Senacie Stanów Zjednoczonych.
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