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RUGGLES, Benjamin

1783 – 1857

Overview
Biography
Congresses
Bibliography
Research Collections
Ohio Historical Society
US Congresses Served
14th – 22nd(1815 – 1833)
Senate Years of Service
1815 – 1833
State / Territory
Ohio
Position
Senator
Parties
Democratic Republican
Crawford Republican
Adams
Anti-Jacksonian

Overview

US Congresses Served
14th – 22nd(1815 – 1833)
Senate Years of Service
1815 – 1833
State / Territory
Ohio
Position
Senator
Parties
Democratic Republican
Crawford Republican
Adams
Anti-Jacksonian

Biography

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; elected as a Democratic Republican (later Crawford Republican, Adams Republican and Anti-Jacksonian) to the United States Senate in 1815; reelected in 1821 and again in 1827 and served from March 4, 1815, to March 3, 1833; was not a candidate for renomination in 1832; chairman, Committee on the Militia (Fifteenth Congress), Committee on Claims (Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and Twentieth through Twenty-second Congresses); presidential elector on the Whig ticket in 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.

Congresses

CongressPositionPartyStateStartDeparture
14
Senator
Democratic Republican
Ohio
03/04/1815
15
Senator
Democratic Republican
Ohio
16
Senator
Democratic Republican
Ohio
17
Senator
Democratic Republican
Ohio
18
Senator
Crawford Republican
Ohio
19
Senator
Adams
Ohio
20
Senator
Adams
Ohio
21
Senator
Anti-Jacksonian
Ohio
22
Senator
Anti-Jacksonian
Ohio
03/03/1833

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The 21st United States Congress

The 22nd United States Congress

Bibliography

There are currently no bibliographies for this profile. Please contact the U.S. House of Representatives (archives@mail.house.gov) or U.S. Senate (historian@sec.senate.gov) with any questions or suggestions.

Research Collections

Cincinnati Historical Society

Cincinnati, Ohio
Papers:
1841. 1 item.

Ohio Historical Society

Columbus, Ohio
Papers:
Letters and photographs in various collections including Thomas Worthington papers, 1795-1827.
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