Benjamin Ruggles
| Benjamin Ruggles | |
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| United States Senator from Ohio |
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| In office March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1833 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph Kerr |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Morris |
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| Born | February 21, 1783 Abington, Connecticut |
| Died | September 2, 1857 (aged 74) St. Clairsville, Ohio |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
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 [edit]
Born in Abington, Windham County, 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 [edit]
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 [edit]
Ruggles married in Connecticut in 1812. His first wife died in St. Clairsville in 1817, and he re-married in 1825.[2]
Death [edit]
Ruggles died on September 2, 1852 and was buried in Saint Clairsville Union Cemetery, Saint Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio USA.[3]
Notes [edit]
- ^ Taylor 1899 : 193
- ^ Caldwell (1880). History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio. p. 239.
- ^ "Benjamin Ruggles". Find A Grave. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
References [edit]
External links [edit]
- Benjamin Ruggles entry at The Political Graveyard
- Benjamin Ruggles at Find a Grave
"Ruggles, Benjamin". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. 1900.- Taylor, William Alexander; Taylor, Aubrey Clarence (1899). Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 ... 1. State of Ohio. p. 193.
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
| United States Senate | ||
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| Preceded by Joseph Kerr |
United States Senator (Class 1) from Ohio 1815–1833 Served alongside: Jeremiah Morrow, William A. Trimble, Ethan A. Brown, William H. Harrison, Jacob Burnet, Thomas Ewing |
Succeeded by Thomas Morris |
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| Preceded by Calvin Pease |
President Judge of the Ohio Court of Common Pleas 3rd Judicial Circuit 1810–1815 |
Succeeded by George Tod |
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- 1783 births
- 1857 deaths
- Democratic-Republican Party United States Senators
- National Republican Party United States Senators
- Ohio Democratic-Republicans
- Ohio lawyers
- Ohio National Republicans
- Ohio state court judges
- Ohio Whigs
- People from St. Clairsville, Ohio
- People from Marietta, Ohio
- People from Pomfret, Connecticut
- United States presidential electors
- United States Senators from Ohio
