H. W. Bruce.
Title
H . W . Bruce .
Creator
Levin, H. (editor)
Contributors
Lewis Publishing Company (publisher)
Description
Horatio W . Bruce was born in 1830 in Lewis County , Kentucky . He attended school in Lewis County and in Manchester , Ohio , and worked as a salesman and bookkeeper at a general store in Vanceburg , Kentucky . In 1850 , he went to Flemingsburg , Kentucky , to read at the law office of Leander M . Cox and was admitted to the bar in 1851 . In 1855 Bruce was elected to the state legislature from Fleming County and in 1856 served as commonwealth's attorney of the tenth judicial district , composed at the time of Mason , Lewis , Greenup , Rowan , Fleming and Nicholas counties . In 1858 , he moved to Louisville forming a law partnership with Ben Hardin Helm under the firm name of Helm & Bruce . During the Civil War , Bruce joined the Confederate Congress . At the end of the war , Bruce returned to Louisville and resumed his legal practice . In 1868 , he was elected circuit judge of the ninth judicial district , composed of Jefferson , Oldham , Shelby , Spencer and Bullitt counties . He was appointed chancellor of the Louisville Chancery Court in 1873 and served until 1880 , when he resigned to become general counsel for the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company . Bruce taught for several years in the law department of the University of Louisville . He died in 1903 and was buried in Louisville's Cave Hill Cemetery .
Subject
Judges Lawyers Legislators Portraits
People Pictured
Bruce, Horatio Washington
Date Original
1897
Object Type
Book illustrations
Source
28 x 22 cm. b&w plate. Opposite p. 191 in H. Levin, The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky. Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co, 1897. In Law Library Rare Book Collection.
Citation Information
Levin, H. The Lawyers and Lawmakers of Kentucky. Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co, 1897.
Collection
Law Library Collection
Collection Website
http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/law/
Digital Publisher
Law Library of the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law, University of Louisville
Format
image/jpeg
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