George Anson Bruce (November 19, 1839 – January 31, 1929) was an American politician who served as a member of the
New Hampshire House of Representatives
The New Hampshire House of Representatives is the lower house in the New Hampshire General Court, the bicameral legislature of the state of New Hampshire. The House of Representatives consists of 400 members coming from 204 legislative district ...
, on the Board of Aldermen and as the fourth
Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts; and as a member, and
President of, the Massachusetts Senate.
Early life
Bruce was born to Nathaniel and Lucy (Butterfield) Bruce
in
Mont Vernon, New Hampshire on November 19, 1839.
Family
Bruce married Clara M. Hall of
Groton, Massachusetts, they had one daughter, Clara Augusta, who was born November 19, 1882.
George A. Bruce died in
Brookline, Massachusetts
Brookline is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, in the United States, and part of the Greater Boston, Boston metropolitan area. Brookline borders six of Boston's neighborhoods: Brighton, Boston, Brighton, A ...
on January 31, 1929, at 89 years of age..
Writings
* ''The capture and occupation of Richmond'' (1900).
twentieth regiment of Massachusetts volunteer infantry, 1861-1865''(1906).
See also
*
105th Massachusetts General Court (1884)
The 105th Massachusetts General Court was convened in 1884. It sat Watson F. Hammond, the first American Indian to be elected to the Great and General Court.
Senators
Representatives
*
* Julius Caesar Chappelle
See also
* 48th United State ...
Notes
External links
George Anson BRUCE
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1839 births
1929 deaths
People from Mont Vernon, New Hampshire
Members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
Massachusetts state senators
Presidents of the Massachusetts Senate
Mayors of Somerville, Massachusetts
People of Massachusetts in the American Civil War
Dartmouth College alumni