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Benjamin Ruggles

Benjamin Ruggles

American senator for Ohio (1783–1857)

Benjamin Ruggles (February 21, 1783 – September 2, 1857) was a National Republican and Whig politician from Ohio. He served in the U.S. Senate.

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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.[3]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Taylor 1899 : 193
  2. [2]
    Caldwell (1880). History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio. p. 239.
  3. [3]
    Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

References

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