Background
Phineas Bruce was born in Mendon, Massachusetts, on June 7, 1762.
United States representative politician
Phineas Bruce was born in Mendon, Massachusetts, on June 7, 1762.
He received a classical education and was graduated from Yale College in 1786.
Honorary He studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1790 and commenced practice in Machias, Maine (then a district of Massachusetts). Bruce was elected as a Federalist to the Eighth Congress commencing March 4, 1803 – 1805, but was prevented by illness from qualifying.
He died in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, October 4, 1809 and was interred in the Old Burying Ground and later reinterred in Prospect Hill Cemetery.
He served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 1791-1798 and in 1800.