Benjamin Franklin Bruce (1811Lenox,Madison County, New York - December 20, 1888 Lenox, Madison County, NY) was an American politician from New York.

He was a delegate to theNew York State Constitutional Convention of 1846. He was Inspector-General of theNew York State Militia from 1851 to 1852, and from 1855 to 1858. He was a member of theNew York Republican State Committee in 1858.

In January 1861, he was elected Canal Commissioner by theNew York State Legislature to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofSamuel H. Barnes who had been elected in November1860, but died soon after. In1861 he ran for re-election on theRepublican ticket, but was defeated byDemocratWilliam W. Wright.

In1863, he was elected again aCanal Commissioner, this time on the Union ticket, and was in office from 1864 to 1866.

He was a member of theNew York State Assembly (Madison County 2nd D.) in1867.

His daughter was married to Canal CommissionerReuben W. Stroud.

• The Rep. state committee in[1] NYT on July 9, 1858
• The Union State Convention in NYT on September 3, 1863
• Journal of the New York State Senate 1861 (pages 68ff)
• [2] Madison County Civil List, at RootsWeb
• [3] Political Graveyard
• The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1867; pages 400, 406 and 505)
• The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (page 59; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)

• 1811 births
• 1888 deaths
• People from Lenox, New York
• Erie Canal commissioners
• Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly
• 19th-century members of the New York State Legislature

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• Short description matches Wikidata