15 Facts About Robert Luce

Robert Luce was a United States representative from Massachusetts.

Robert Luce graduated from Harvard University in 1882, then taught at Waltham High School for a year.

Robert Luce engaged in journalism, founding and serving as president of the Luce's Press Clipping Bureau in Boston and New York City.

Robert Luce studied law and was admitted to the bar, but did not engage in extensive practice.

Robert Luce served as president of the Republican State Convention in 1910.

Robert Luce was elected the 42nd lieutenant governor of Massachusetts in 1912.

Robert Luce was a member of the Massachusetts Teachers Retirement Board.

Robert Luce was Regent of the Smithsonian Institution, and was an author, notably on the subject of political science.

Robert Luce was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth and the seven succeeding Congresses.

Robert Luce served as chairman of the Committee on Elections No 2, and the Committee on World War Veterans' Legislation.

Robert Luce was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth Congress, but was elected to the Seventy-fifth and Seventy-sixth Congresses.

Robert Luce was again an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1940 to the Seventy-seventh Congress.

Robert Luce resumed his former business pursuits, and died in Waltham on April 7,1946.

Robert Luce was interred in Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge.

For many years Luce owned the Walter S and Melissa E Barnes House in Somerville.