Robert Luce

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Robert Luce
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts
In office March 4, 1919 – January 3, 1935
Preceded by	William Henry Carter
Succeeded by	Richard M. Russell
Constituency	13th district(1919–33) 9th district(1933–35)
In office January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1941
Preceded by	Richard M. Russell
Succeeded by	Thomas H. Eliot
Constituency	9th district
42ndLieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
In office 1912–1913
Governor	Eugene Foss
Preceded by	Louis A. Frothingham
Succeeded by	David I. Walsh
Member of theMassachusetts House of Representatives
In office 1899 1901-1908
Personal details
Born	December 2, 1862 Auburn, Maine
Died	April 7, 1946(1946-04-07)(aged 83) Waltham, Massachusetts
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Harvard University

Robert Luce(December 2, 1862 – April 7, 1946) was aUnited States representativefromMassachusetts.

Biography

Born inAuburn, Maine,Luce attended the public schools of Auburn andLewiston, Maine,andSomerville, Massachusetts.He graduated fromHarvard Universityin 1882, then taught atWalthamHigh School for a year.

He engaged in journalism, founding and serving as president of theLuce's Press Clipping BureauinBostonandNew York City.He was elected a member of theMassachusetts House of Representativesin 1899 and 1901–1908. He studied law and was admitted to the bar, but did not engage in extensive practice. He served as president of the Republican State Convention in 1910. He was elected the 42ndlieutenant governor of Massachusettsin 1912. He was a member of the Massachusetts Teachers Retirement Board. He was a delegate to the State constitutional convention 1917–1919, and served as president of the Republican Club of Massachusetts in 1918. He was Regent of theSmithsonian Institution,and was an author, notably on the subject of political science.

Luce was elected as aRepublicanto theSixty-sixthand the seven succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1919 – January 3, 1935). He served as chairman of the Committee on Elections No. 2 (Sixty-seventh Congress), and the Committee on World War Veterans’ Legislation (Sixty-eighth Congress). Along with SenatorHenrik ShipsteadofMinnesota,he introduced the bill that became theShipstead-Luce Act,which expanded the oversight of theUnited States Commission of Fine Artsto review of new structures on private property abutting federal land.

Luce was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1934 to theSeventy-fourth Congress,but was elected to theSeventy-fifthandSeventy-sixthCongresses (January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1941). He was again an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1940 to theSeventy-seventh Congress.Luce resumed his former business pursuits, and died inWalthamon April 7, 1946. He was interred inMount Auburn CemeteryinCambridge.

For many years Luce owned theWalter S. and Melissa E. Barnes Housein Somerville.

References

• United States Congress."Robert Luce (id: L000498)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

External links

• Works by Robert LuceatProject Gutenberg
• Works by or about Robert LuceatInternet Archive