Bronson
Cutting was born in Oakdale, Long Island, on 23rd June, 1888. After
graduating from Harvard University, Cutting
moved to New Mexico.
Cutting
became involved journalism and in 1912 began publishing Santa
Fe New Mexican. He became president of the New Mexican
Printing Company and also published the El
Nuevo Mexicano.
During
the First World War Cutting joined the US Army
and reached the rank of captain. During the war Cutting served as
an assistant military attaché at the American Embassy in London
(1917-18).
On
his return to the United States Cutting established the New Mexican
Publishing Corporation. A member
of the Republican Party, Cutting was
elected to Congress in 1927 where he worked closely with William
Borah,
Henrik Shipstead, Gerald
Nye, Lynn Frazier, John
Elmer Thomas, Robert LaFollette Jr.,
Burton
K. Wheeler and
other progressives in the Senate.
Bronson Cutting was killed in an air crash near Atlanta on 6th May,
1935.
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