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|name = Benjamin Ruggles | |name = Benjamin Ruggles | ||
|image = BRuggles.jpg | |image = BRuggles.jpg | ||
|jr/ | | office = 7th [[Dean of the United States Senate]] | ||
| | | term_start = February 26, 1826 | ||
| | | term_end = March 3, 1833 | ||
| | | predecessor = [[John Gaillard]] | ||
| | | successor = [[William R. King]] | ||
| | |jr/sr1 = United States Senator | ||
|state1 = [[Ohio]] | |||
|term_start1 = March 4, 1815 | |||
|term_end1 = March 3, 1833 | |||
|predecessor1 = [[Joseph Kerr]] | |||
|successor1 = [[Thomas Morris (Ohio politician)|Thomas Morris]] | |||
|birth_date = {{birth date|1783|2|21}} | |birth_date = {{birth date|1783|2|21}} | ||
|birth_place = [[Abington, Connecticut]] | |birth_place = [[Abington, Connecticut]] | ||
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==Death== | ==Death== | ||
Ruggles died on September 2, 1857, and was buried in Saint Clairsville Union Cemetery.<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000500 ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress'']</ref> | Ruggles died on September 2, 1857, and was buried in Saint Clairsville Union Cemetery in [[St. Clairsville, Ohio]].<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000500 ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress'']</ref> | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Latest revision as of 23:49, 8 September 2025
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Benjamin Ruggles (February 21, 1783Template:Spaced ndashSeptember 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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External links
- Benjamin Ruggles entry at The Political Graveyard
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- People from Pomfret, Connecticut
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- Democratic-Republican Party United States senators from Ohio
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- People from St. Clairsville, Ohio
- Politicians from Marietta, Ohio
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- 19th-century Ohio state court judges
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