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{{Short description|American senator for Ohio (1783–1857)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name                = Benjamin Ruggles
|image = BRuggles.jpg
| 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_place        = [[Abington, Connecticut]]
|death_date         = {{death date and age|1857|9|2|1783|2|21}}
|death_place        = [[St. Clairsville, Ohio]]
|party               = [[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]]
}}
'''Benjamin Ruggles''' (February 21, 1783{{spaced ndash}}September 2, 1857) was a [[United States National Republican Party|National Republican]] and [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig]] politician from [[Ohio]]. He served in the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]].

==Biography==
Born in [[Abington, Connecticut]], Ruggles studied law and was [[Admission to the bar in the United States|admitted]] to the [[Bar (law)|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>[[#taylor1899|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>{{cite book |title=History of Belmont and Jefferson Counties, Ohio| last=Caldwell |year=1880 |page=239 |url=http://debmurray.tripod.com/ohio/belbioref-6.htm#ruggles}}</ref>

==Death==
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==
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==References==
{{CongBio|R000500}}

==External links==
*[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ruggles.html#604.92.68 Benjamin Ruggles entry] at [[The Political Graveyard]]
*{{find a Grave|6839969}}
*{{Cite Appletons'|wstitle=Ruggles, Benjamin|year=1900 |short=x}}
*{{cite book |title=Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 ... |first1=William Alexander |last1=Taylor |first2=Aubrey Clarence |last2=Taylor |year=1899 |publisher=State of Ohio |volume=1 |ref=taylor1899|page=193
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ztegAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA193}}

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| state=Ohio
| class=1
| before=[[Joseph Kerr]]
| after=[[Thomas Morris (Ohio politician)|Thomas Morris]]
| alongside=[[Jeremiah Morrow]], [[William A. Trimble]], [[Ethan Allen Brown|Ethan A. Brown]], [[William Henry Harrison|William H. Harrison]], [[Jacob Burnet]], [[Thomas Ewing]]
| years=1815–1833}}
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