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Preceded by
  
Succeeded by
  

Role
  
Former U.S. senator

Name
  
Benjamin Ruggles

Resigned
  
March 4, 1833

Benjamin Ruggles

Born
  
February 21, 1783Abington, Connecticut (
1783-02-21
)

Died
  
September 2, 1857, St. Clairsville, Ohio, United States

Political party
  

Previous office
  
Senator (OH) 1815–1833

Benjamin Ruggles (February 21, 1783 – September 2, 1857) was a National Republican and Whig politician from Ohio. He served in the U.S. Senate.

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Biography

Born in Abington, Windham County, 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.

Family life

Ruggles married in Connecticut in 1812. His first wife died in St. Clairsville in 1817, and he remarried in 1825.

Death

Ruggles died on September 2, 1857 and was buried in Saint Clairsville Union Cemetery, Saint Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio USA.

References

Benjamin Ruggles Wikipedia