Background
Bruce, Andrew Alexander was born on April 15, 1866 in Nunda Drug, Madras Presidency, India. Son of General Edward Archibald and Anne Young (McMaster) Bruce.
Bruce, Andrew Alexander was born on April 15, 1866 in Nunda Drug, Madras Presidency, India. Son of General Edward Archibald and Anne Young (McMaster) Bruce.
Educated Holmesdale House, Sussex, England, 1874-1879, Bath College, Bath, England, 1879-1881. Bachelor of Arts, University of Wisconsin, 1890, Bachelor of Laws, 1892.
Secretary to justices of Supreme Court of Wisconsin, 1890-1892. Chief clerk law department Wisconsin Central Railway Company, 1892-1893. Attorney for State Board Factory Inspectors, Illinois, 1893-1895.
Practiced law, Chicago, 1893-1898.
Assistant professor of law, University of Wisconsin, 1898-1902. Professor of law, 1902-1911, dean College of Law, 1904-1911, University of North Dakota.
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of North Dakota, 1911-1916, and chief justice of North Dakota, 1916-1919. Professor of law, University of Minnesota, October 1919-1922.
Professor of law, Northwestern University, since 1922.
Member committee of America Bar Association to investigate and report on courts martial procedure in the United States Army, 1919.
Married Elizabeth Bacon Pickett, June 29, 1899. Children: Glenn, Edward McMaster.