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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—IndianaRobert Bruce Fraser PEIRCE
(1843-1898)
PEIRCE, Robert Bruce
Fraser, a Representative from Indiana; born in Laurel,
Franklin County, Ind., February 17, 1843; attended the public
schools and also educated by private tutors; served in the Civil
War as second lieutenant of Company H, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth
Regiment, Indiana Volunteers; was graduated from Wabash College,
Crawfordsville, Ind., in 1866; studied law at Shelbyville, Ind.;
was admitted to the bar in 1866 and commenced practice in
Crawfordsville in 1867; elected prosecuting attorney of Montgomery
County in 1868 and reelected in 1870 and 1872; elected as a
Republican to the Forty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1881-March 3,
1883); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the
Forty-eighth Congress; resumed the practice of law; appointed
receiver for the Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railway; died in
Indianapolis, Ind., December 5, 1898; interment in Oak Hill
Cemetery, Crawfordsville, Ind.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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