James Edmond Bruce Sr. (August 17, 1927 – November 2, 2008) was a politician in the American state of Kentucky.
[1] In his early years, he attended the University of Tennessee and helped his father on the family's dairy farm.
Upon his exit from the house in 2007, he was the longest-served state representative in the history of Kentucky.
[1] Upon his retirement in 2006 he was honored in the United States House of Representatives by Rep. Ed Whitfield.
In 2006, Bruce was hospitalized due to the effects of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy, which he had been suffering from for a year.