Hon. Phineas Bruce (June 7, 1762 – October 4, 1809) was a
U.S. Representative
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from
who was unable to serve in the U.S. Congress due to his declining health.
Biography
Phineas Bruce was born in
Mendon in the
Province of Massachusetts Bay
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on June 7, 1762. He received a classical education and was graduated from
Yale College
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in 1786. He studied law.
He was
admitted to the bar
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in 1790 and commenced practice in
Machias, Maine
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(then a district of Massachusetts). He served as member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
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1791-1798 and in 1800.
Bruce was elected as a
Federalist
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to the
Eighth Congress commencing March 4, 1803 – 1805, but was prevented by illness from qualifying. He died in
Uxbridge, Massachusetts
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, October 4, 1809 and was interred in the Old Burying Ground and later reinterred in Prospect Hill Cemetery.
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1762 births
1809 deaths
Members of the United States House of Representatives from the District of Maine
Yale College alumni
People from Uxbridge, Massachusetts
People from Machias, Maine
Federalist Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts