John Ruggles
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John Ruggles was an American politician from the U.S. state of Maine. He served in several important state legislative and judicial positions before serving in the U.S. Senate.
John Ruggles
Peleg Sprague was a United States representative and a United States senator from Maine and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
John Ruggles
…loads. The state legislature elected Ruggles as a Democratic-Republican (Jacksonian) to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Peleg Sprague. He was later elected for the full term beginning March 4, 1835, and in total served from January 20, 1835, to March 3, 1841. He was an unsuccessful…
Peleg Sprague at the age of 51