William Cabell Bruce

William Cabell Bruce (1860-1946) was an American lawyer, politician, and author born in Charlotte County, Virginia. He practiced law in Baltimore, served as Maryland State Senator (1894-1896) and U.S. Senator from Maryland (1923-1929), and held positions like city solicitor and counsel to public commissions. Archives. He won the 1918 Pulitzer Prize for his biography Benjamin Franklin, Self-Revealed and authored other works like John Randolph of Roanoke and Below the James.