George A. Bruce

{{Short description|American politician}}

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{{Infobox Officeholder

| name = George Anson Bruce

| image = George A. Bruce.png

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| office =President of the Massachusetts Senate{{Citation |last= Toomey|first=Daniel P.| title = Massachusetts of Today: a Memorial of the State, Historical and Biographical | page = 468 | publisher = Columbia Publishing Company | location = Boston, MA | year = 1892}}

| term_start =1884

| term_end =1884

| predecessor =George G. Crocker

| successor =Albert E. Pillsbury

| office2 =Member of the
Massachusetts Senate
First Middlesex District{{Citation |last=City of Somerville, Massachusetts| title = Municipal Manual of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts: published in the Year 1901| page = 184 | publisher = City of Somerville, Massachusetts | location = Somerville, MA | year = 1901}}

| term_start2 =1882

| term_end2 =1884

| predecessor2 =Elisha S. Converse

| successor2 =Eliazer Boynton

| office3 =Fourth Mayor of
Somerville, Massachusetts{{Citation |last=City of Somerville, Massachusetts| title = Municipal Manual of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts: published in the Year 1901| page = 192 | publisher = City of Somerville, Massachusetts | location = Somerville, MA | year = 1901}}

| term_start3 =January 1878

| term_end3 =January 1881

| predecessor3 =Austin Belknap

| successor3 =John A. Cummings{{Citation |last=City of Somerville, Massachusetts| title = Municipal Manual of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts: published in the Year 1901| page = 194 | publisher = City of Somerville, Massachusetts | location = Somerville, MA | year = 1901}}

| office4 =Member of the
Somerville, Massachusetts
Board of Aldermen{{Citation |last=City of Somerville, Massachusetts| title = Municipal Manual of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts: published in the Year 1901| page = 191 | publisher = City of Somerville, Massachusetts | location = Somerville, MA | year = 1901}}
Ward 2

| term_start4 =January 1876

| term_end4 =January 1877

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| office5 =Member of the
New Hampshire House of Representatives

| term_start5 =1866

| term_end5 =1866

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| birth_date ={{Birth date|1839|11|19}}

| birth_place =Mont Vernon, New Hampshire

| death_date ={{Death date and age|1929|01|31|1839|11|19}}{{Citation | title = George A. Bruce, 89, Dead; Former Lawyer in Boston Was Officer in Civil War. | page = 18 | work = The New York Times | location = New York, NY | date = February 1, 1929}}

| death_place = Brookline, Massachusetts

| nationality =American

| party =Republican

| spouse =Clara M. Hall

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| children =Clara Augusta Hall, born November 19, 1882.

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| alma_mater =Dartmouth, class of 1861

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| signature =Signature of George Anson Bruce (1839–1929).png

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|allegiance= United States of America
Union

|branch= Union Army

|serviceyears=August 1862{{Citation |last=Smith | first=Charles James| title = History of the town of Mont Vernon, New Hampshire | page = 288 | publisher = Blanchard Printing Co. | location = Boston, MA | year = 1907}}-July 3, 1865

|rank=Private, First Lieutenant, 1862 ; Major, (1864); Lieutenant Colonel, (1865).

|commands=

|unit=Thirteenth New Hampshire Volunteers

|battles= American Civil War
*Richmond-Petersburg Campaign{{Citation |last=Rand | first=John Clark| title = One of a Thousand: a Series of Biographical Sketches of One Thousand Representative Men | page = 85 | publisher = First National Publishing Company | location = Boston, MA | year = 1890}}
*Capture of Fort Richmond at the Battle of Chaffin's Farm

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George Anson Bruce (November 19, 1839 – January 31, 1929) was an American politician who served as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, on the Board of Aldermen and as the fourth Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts; and as a member, and President of, the Massachusetts Senate.