Benjamin Ruggles (February 21, 1783 – September 2, 1857) was a National Republican and Whig politician from Ohio. He served in the U.S. Senate.
Benjamin Ruggles | |
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| United States Senator from Ohio | |
| In office March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1833 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph Kerr |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Morris |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 21, 1783 Abington, Connecticut |
| Died | September 2, 1857 (aged 74) St. Clairsville, Ohio |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
Biography
editBorn 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
editAfter 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
editRuggles married in Connecticut in 1812. His first wife died in St. Clairsville in 1817, and he remarried in 1825.[2]
Death
editRuggles died on September 2, 1857, and was buried in Saint Clairsville Union Cemetery.[3]
Notes
edit- ^ Taylor 1899 : 193
- ^ Caldwell (1880). History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio. p. 239.
- ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
References
edit- United States Congress. "Benjamin Ruggles (id: R000500)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
External links
edit- Benjamin Ruggles entry at The Political Graveyard
- Benjamin Ruggles at Find a Grave
- . 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 ... Vol. 1. State of Ohio. p. 193.
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress