{{Short description|American senator for Ohio (1783–1857)}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Benjamin Ruggles |image = BRuggles.jpg |jr/sr1 = United States Senator |state1 = Ohio |term_start1 = March 4, 1815 |term_end1 = March 3, 1833 |predecessor1 = Joseph Kerr |successor1 = 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 }} '''Benjamin Ruggles''' (February 21, 1783{{spaced ndash}}September 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>{{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>

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==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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