James Edward Ruffin

James Edward Ruffin (born July 24, 1893 in Covington , Tipton County , Tennessee , †  April 9, 1977 in Springfield , Missouri ) was an American politician . Between 1933 and 1935 he represented the state of Missouri in the US House of Representatives .

Career

James Ruffin attended public schools in his home country and in Aurora, Missouri, where he had moved with his parents in 1905. In 1912 he graduated from Aurora High School . He then studied until 1916 at Drury College in Springfield. He then taught as a teacher in Nickerson ( Kansas ). During the First World War he was deployed between 1917 and 1919 as a first lieutenant in the US Army in the European theater of war. After a subsequent law degree at Cumberland University in Lebanon and his admission to the bar in 1920, he began to work in this profession in Springfield. He was also a legal advisor to the City of Springfield in 1926 and 1928. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Party .

In the 1932 congressional election , Ruffin was elected to the 11th constituency of Missouri in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded John J. Cochran , who moved to the 13th district, on March 4, 1933 . Since he was not nominated for re-election by his party in 1934, he could only serve one term in Congress until January 3, 1935 . During this time, the first of the federal government's New Deal laws were passed. In 1933, the 18th Amendment from 1919 was repealed with the 21st amendment to the Constitution . It was about the ban on the trade in alcoholic beverages.

Between 1935 and 1953, James Ruffin worked for the US Department of Justice . Then he practiced again as a private lawyer.

Web links

• James Edward Ruffin in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• James Edward Ruffin in the database of Find a Grave (English)