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| Affiliation | National Republican |
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| Name | Benjamin Ruggles |
| Address | Belmont County
Clairsville, Ohio , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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February 21, 1783
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| Died | September 02, 1857
(74 years)
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| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modifed | Chronicler
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| Info | RUGGLES, Benjamin, a Senator from Ohio; born in Abington, Windham County, Conn., February 21, 1783; completed preparatory studies; studied law; admitted to the bar and began practice in Marietta, Ohio, in 1807; moved to St. Clairsville, Ohio; presiding judge of the court of common pleas for the third judicial circuit 1810-1815
U.S. Senate (OH) 1815-1833. Party: DR 1815-1825; NR 1825-1829; D 1829-1833. Chairman, Committee on the Militia (Fifteenth Congress), Committee on Claims (Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and Twentieth through Twenty-second Congresses)
Chairman of the 1824 DRP National Caucus
Presidential Elector (W-OH) 1836
Resumed the practice of law and was also interested in agricultural pursuits; died in St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, September 2, 1857; interment in Union Cemetery.
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