Benjamin Ruggles
- ️Fri Feb 21 1783
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.
Born in Abington, Windham County, Connecticut, he studied law and was admitted to the bar. Ruggles moved to Marietta, Ohio to practice law in 1807. He moved to St. Clairsville, Ohio in 1810. He married in Connecticut in 1812. His first wife died in St. Clairsville in 1817, and he re-married in 1825.[1] 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.[2]
References
- ^ Caldwell (1880). History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio. p. 239. http://debmurray.tripod.com/ohio/belbioref-6.htm#ruggles.
- ^ Taylor 1899 : 193
- 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. http://books.google.com/books?id=ztegAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA193.
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| 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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