NATHANIEL RUGGLES
Ruggles,
Nathaniel (1761-1819), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Mass., November 11,
1761; pursued preparatory studies; was graduated from Harvard University in 1781; studied law; was admitted to the
bar and practiced law in Roxbury, Mass.; appointed judge of the general sessions in 1807; chief justice of
Massachusetts in 1808; was elected as a Federalist to the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Congresses (March 4,
1813-March 3, 1819); died in Roxbury, Mass., December 19, 1819.
Parents: Joseph Ruggles, Rebecca Curtis
Sources:
Family Collections LDS The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell |