Bland Bruns | |
Office: | Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Orleans Parish's 10th Ward |
Term Start: | 1950 |
Term End: | 1956 |
Preceded: | George Corcoran |
Succeeded: | Nicholas Lapara |
Birth Name: | Ellen Bland Cox |
Birth Date: | 3 January 1901 |
Birth Place: | Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
Death Place: | Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S. |
Resting Place: | Hollywood Cemetery |
Father: | Edwin P. Cox |
Relations: | Edwin Cox (brother) |
Party: | Democratic |
Ellen Bland Cox Bruns (January 3, 1901 – October 1, 1985) was an American politician who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives, as the third woman elected to that body. A Richmond, Virginia native, she was the daughter of Edwin P. Cox, the speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1914 to 1916.[1] [2]