Benjamin Ruggles

Template:Short description Template:Infobox officeholder 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.<ref>Taylor 1899 : 193</ref>

Family life

Ruggles married in Connecticut in 1812. His first wife died in St. Clairsville in 1817, and he remarried in 1825.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Death

Ruggles died on September 2, 1857, and was buried in Saint Clairsville Union Cemetery in St. Clairsville, Ohio.<ref>Biographical Directory of the United States Congress</ref>

External links

• Benjamin Ruggles entry at The Political Graveyard
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