title: Bruce Hoblitzell
text: # Bruce Hoblitzell
  
  Bruce Hoblitzell (June 25, 1887 – August 11, 1970) was mayor of Louisville, Kentucky from 1957 to 1961. He also served as sheriff of Jefferson County, Kentucky.
  
  ## Early life
  
  Bruce Hoblitzell was born in 1887, in Louisville, Kentucky. He was raised in Louisville and graduated from duPont Manual High School. He graduated from the Kentucky Military Institute in 1905.
  
  ## Career
  
  From 1906 to 1912, Hoblitzell worked at the Kentucky Heating Company. He formed the McClellan-Hoblitzell Realty Company with J. A. McClellan in 1912. The company was dissolved in 1919 and became the Bruce Hoblitzell Realtors and Insurance Agency. He was elected sheriff of Jefferson County in 1953. On November 5, 1957, he was elected mayor on the Democratic Party ticket, defeating Republican Robert B. Diehl by about ten thousand votes. He served until November 1961. He was nicknamed "Mr. Hobby".
  
  ## Personal life
  
  Hoblitzell had a son, Bruce Hoblitzell Jr., and two daughters.
  
  Hoblitzell suffered a stroke in December 1962 and remained bedridden. He died on August 11, 1970, at his home in Louisville. Hoblitzell was buried in Cave Hill Cemetery.
  
  Political offices :
  
  | Preceded byAndrew Broaddus | Mayor of Louisville, Kentucky December 1957–December 1961 | Succeeded byWilliam O. Cowger |
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