Benjamin Ruggles
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| United States Senator from Ohio | |
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| Preceded by | Joseph Kerr |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Morris |
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| Party | Democratic-Republican |
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Benjamin Ruggles (February 21, 1783 – September 2, 1857) was a National Republican and Whig politician from Ohio. He served in the U.S. Senate.
Biography
Born in Abington, Connecticut, Ruggles studied law and was admitted to the bar. Ruggles moved to Marietta, Ohio, to practice law in 1807, then moved to St. Clairsville, Ohio, in 1810.
Career
After serving as a judge in the Ohio state courts from 1810 to 1815, Ruggles was elected to the Senate, serving three terms from 1815-1833. He did not run for re-election in 1832. Ohio Presidential elector in 1836 for Whig William Henry Harrison.[1]
Family life
Ruggles married in Connecticut in 1812. His first wife died in St. Clairsville in 1817, and he remarried in 1825.[2]
Death
Ruggles died on September 2, 1857, and was buried in Saint Clairsville Union Cemetery in St. Clairsville, Ohio.[3]
Notes
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- ^ Taylor 1899 : 193
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Caldwell (1880). History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio. p. 239.
- ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
References
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.United States Congress. "Benjamin Ruggles (id: R000500)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
External links
- Benjamin Ruggles entry at The Political Graveyard
- Benjamin Ruggles at Find a GraveTemplate:Edit at Wikidata
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- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Taylor, William Alexander; Taylor, Aubrey Clarence (1899). Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 ... Vol. 1. State of Ohio. p. 193.
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