Donald C. Bruce

Donald Cogley Bruce (* April 27, 1921 in Troutville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, † August 31 1969 in Round Hill, Virginia ) was an American politician. Between 1961 and 1965 he represented the State of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Donald Bruce attended high school in Allentown and then studied at Muskingum College in New Concord (Ohio ). After that, he was active 1941-1960 as a program director, managing director and manager in the radio industry. Politically, Bruce member of the Republican Party. In the congressional elections of 1960 he was in the eleventh electoral district of Indiana in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Joseph W. Barr on January 3, 1961. After a re-election he was able to complete in Congress until January 3, 1965 two legislative sessions. During this time, the Vietnam War began.

1964 renounced Donald Bruce of another candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives. Instead, he sought unsuccessfully to his party's nomination for election to the U.S. Senate. After his retirement from the U.S. House of Representatives Bruce was one of the founders of the American Conservative Union. He also founded the political consulting firm Bruce Enterprises in Round Hill. He is also passed on 31 August 1969.