Nathaniel Ruggles

Nathaniel Ruggles
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 13th district
In office March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1819
Preceded by	Ebenezer Seaver
Succeeded by	Edward Dowse
Personal details
Born	November 11, 1761 Roxbury, Massachusetts
Died	December 19, 1819 (aged 58) Roxbury, Massachusetts
Political party	Federalist

Nathaniel Ruggles (November 11, 1761 – December 19, 1819) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.

Born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, Ruggles graduated from Harvard University in 1781, studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced law in his native town. He was appointed judge of the general sessions in 1807, and chief justice of Massachusetts in 1808. He was elected as a Federalist to the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Congresses (March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1819). He died in Roxbury on December 19, 1819.

References

• Nathaniel Ruggles at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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