Robert Luce | |
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| 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 |
| Died | April 7, 1946(1946-04-07) (aged 83) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
Robert Luce (December 2, 1862 – April 7, 1946) was aUnited States representative fromMassachusetts.
Born inAuburn, Maine, Luce attended the public schools of Auburn andLewiston, Maine, andSomerville, Massachusetts. He graduated fromHarvard University in 1882, then taught atWaltham High School for a year.
He engaged in journalism, founding and serving as president of theLuce's Press Clipping Bureau inBoston andNew York City. He was elected a member of theMassachusetts House of Representatives in 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 Massachusetts in 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 aRepublican to theSixty-sixth and 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 Shipstead ofMinnesota, he introduced the bill that became theShipstead-Luce Act, which expanded the oversight of theUnited States Commission of Fine Arts to 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-fifth andSeventy-sixth Congresses (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 inWaltham on April 7, 1946. He was interred inMount Auburn Cemetery inCambridge.
For many years Luce owned theWalter S. and Melissa E. Barnes House in Somerville.[1]
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| Preceded by | Republican nominee forLieutenant Governor of Massachusetts 1912 | Succeeded by August H. Goetting |
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| Preceded by | Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts 1912–1913 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's 13th congressional district March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1933 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's 9th congressional district March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromMassachusetts's 9th congressional district January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1941 | Succeeded by |
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