Donald Cogley Bruce (April 27, 1921 - August 31, 1969) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana and a founder of the American Conservative Union. Events 1124 - David I becomes King of Scotland. 1296 - Battle of Dunbar: The Scots are defeated Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Events 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the Throne Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. The State of Indiana ( was the 19th US state admitted into the union The American Conservative Union ( ACU) is an American political organization advocating conservative policies.

Born in Troutville, Pennsylvania, Bruce graduated from high school in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and attended Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio. Troutville is a borough in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States. For the song by Billy Joel, see " Allentown (song." For the neighborhood in Pittsburgh New Concord is a village in Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. He was employed in the radio broadcasting industry for twenty years, serving as program director, business manager, and general manager. In 1960 he was elected to the House as a Republican from Indiana, serving two terms before being defeated in the 1964 senatorial primary. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives

Following the landslide defeat of Barry Goldwater in the November general election, Bruce joined with other conservatives to discuss responses to the seeming liberal triumph represented by Lyndon Johnson's reelection. In Politics, a landslide victory (or landslide) is the victory of a candidate or Political party by an overwhelming margin in an Election This led to a subsequent meeting in December at which the nascent organization was named the American Conservative Union and Bruce was elected as its first chairman, a position he held until October of the following year. The American Conservative Union ( ACU) is an American political organization advocating conservative policies. He also established Bruce Enterprises, a management and political consulting firm.

Bruce died August 31, 1969 in Round Hill, Virginia and is buried nearby. Events 1056 - Byzantine Empress Theodora becomes ill dying suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the Throne Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Round Hill is the name of several communities in the US state of Virginia.

References

• Donald C. Bruce at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The American Conservative Union: A History. The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress is a Biographical dictionary of all present and former members of the United States Congress as