He studied at the Norwood High School and College in Nelson County, Virginia from 1875-78. He then at the University of Virginia from 1879-80. He then went to the University of Maryland School of Law, graduating in 1882. He also received a Bachelor of Laws (LL. D) from Hampden-Sydney College.
On 15 Oct 1887, in Baltimore, Maryland, he married Louise Este Fisher. They had four sons.
James Cabell Bruce b. 1892 MD - d. 1980 NY, m. Ellen McHenry Keyser. James was a banker and served as U.S. ambassador to Argentina in the 1940s[1].
William Cabell Bruce b. 1895 - d. 1910, age 15
David Kirkland Este Bruce b. 1898 MD - d. 1977 D.C., m1/div. Ailsa Mellon, m2. Evangeline Bell. David was an intelligence officer and served as ambassador to France, the Federal Republic of Germany, and the United Kingdom, the only American to be all three[2].
Career:
1887-1903 & 1908-10, law partner at Fisher, Bruce & Fisher
1894-96, Maryland State Senate, elected member
1896, Maryland State Senate, president
1903-08, Head of Baltimore Law Department
1910, member of Baltimore Charter Commission
1910-22 & 1929-35, General Counsel, Public Service Commission of Maryland
1923-29, United States Senator for Maryland
Published works:
Benjamin Franklin, Self-Revealed: A Biographical Sketch and Critical Study Based Mainly on His Own Writings; New York, London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1917. (Available online: Vol. I[1], Vol. II.[2]). He received a Pulitzer Prize in 1918 in for this book[3].
Below the James: A Plantation Sketch; New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1918. (Available here [3].)
John Randolph of Roanoke, 1773–1833; A Biography Based Largely on New Material, in 2 volumes; New York, London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1922. (Available online: Vol. I[4], Vol. II.[5])
Imaginary Conversations with Franklin, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1933.
[7] The Cabells and Their Kin: A Memorial Volume of History, Biography, and Genealogy Alexander Brown January 1, 1895 Houghton, Mifflin & Company: parents, Siblings, Birth, Children, Wife, Marriage pages 335 -338
"United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPB6-Z1JT : Fri Oct 20 02:28:49 UTC 2023), Entry for Mr William Cabell Bruce and Robert Bruce, 9 May 1946.
"United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4CRS-CQ3Z : Thu Oct 19 22:02:15 UTC 2023), Entry for David Kirkpatrick Este Bruce and Cyrus R Vance, Secretary Of State.
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