Charles H. Ruggles

Charles Herman Ruggles (born February 10, 1789 in New Milford , Connecticut , † June 16, 1865 in Poughkeepsie , New York ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1821 and 1823 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles Herman Ruggles was born in New Milford about six years after the end of the Revolutionary War , and studied and completed his undergraduate studies. He studied law . After receiving his license to practice law, he began practicing in Kingston . In 1820 he was a member of the New York State Assembly . Politically he belonged to the Federalist Party .

In the congressional elections of 1820 for the 17th Congress , he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the seventh constituency of New York , where he succeeded Jacob H. De Witt on March 4, 1821 . Since he on a run again in 1822 renounced, he left the after March 3, 1823 Congress of.

Between 1833 and 1846 Ruggles was District Judge and Vice Chancellor in the Second Judicial District of New York. He then moved to Poughkeepsie in Dutchess County . In 1846 he took part in the New York Constituent Assembly . Ruggles was a judge in the Court of Dutchess County . He was back in the New York State Assembly. On June 7, 1847, he was elected one of the first justices on the New York Court of Appeals . On June 22nd, a lottery was held to determine the length of tenure. Ruggles got a six year term and took up the post on July 5. After Greene C. Bronson resigned as Chief Judge in April 1851, he became the new Chief Judge - a position he held until late 1853. In November 1853, Ruggles was re-elected for an eight-year term as associate judge . In June 1855 he fell ill, so he stayed away from court between June and September. On August 20, 1855, he announced his resignation on October 20, 1855. In November 1855, George F. Comstock was elected to the Court of Appeal to fill his vacancy. He died in Poughkeepsie a few days before the end of the Civil War on June 16, 1865 and was then buried in Christ Church (Episcopal) Cemetery . His remains were then reburied in Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery in 1888.

literature

• Franklin Benjamin Hough: The New York civil list , Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858, pp. 301, 348 and 355.

Web links

• Charles H. Ruggles in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Charles H. Ruggles in the database of Find a Grave (English)
• Portrait of Charles H. Ruggles of the Historical Society of the Courts of New York State

Individual evidence

1. ^ "The First Court of Appeals" , p. 4f.
2. ^ "The First Court of Appeals" , p. 106, footnote 6.
3. ↑ State Biography
4. ^ "The First Court of Appeals" , p. 106, footnote 20.
5. ^ "Resignation of Judge Ruggles," The New York Times, August 21, 1855.
6. ^ "The First Court of Appeals" , p. 106, footnote 23.