Benjamin Franklin Bruce (1811

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- December 20, 1888 Lenox, Madison County, NY) was an American politician from New York.

Life

He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1846. He was Inspector-General of the New York State Militia from 1851 to 1852, and from 1855 to 1858. He was a member of the New York Republican State Committee in 1858. In January 1861, he was elected Canal Commissioner by the

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to fill the vacancy caused by the death of

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who had been elected in November

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, but died soon after. In

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he ran for re-election on the Republican ticket, but was defeated by

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. In

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, he was elected again a Canal Commissioner, this time on the Union ticket, and was in office from 1864 to 1866. He was a member of the

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(Madison County 2nd D.) in

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. His daughter was married to Canal Commissioner Reuben W. Stroud.

Sources

*The Rep. state committee i

NYT on July 9, 1858
''The Union State Convention''
in NYT on September 3, 1863
''Journal of the New York State Senate 1861''
(pages 68ff)

Madison County Civil List, at RootsWeb

Political Graveyard
''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1867; pages 400, 406 and 505)
''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (page 59; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858) {{DEFAULTSORT:Bruce, Benjamin Franklin 1811 births 1888 deaths People from Lenox, New York Erie Canal Commissioners Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly 19th-century American legislators