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Thomas Hart Ruffin (September 9, 1820 – October 17, 1863) was a
U.S. Congressional Biographical Directory
1820 births 1863 deaths People from Louisburg, North Carolina Confederate States Army officers People of North Carolina in the American Civil War Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina Deputies and delegates to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States 19th-century American politicians United States politicians killed during the Civil War Confederate States of America military personnel killed in the American Civil War Ruffin family {{NorthCarolina-politician-stub
Thomas Hart Ruffin (September 9, 1820 – October 17, 1863) was a Congressional Representative
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from North Carolina
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; born in Louisburg, North Carolina
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, September 9, 1820; attended the common schools; graduated from the University of North Carolina Law School, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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, 1841; lawyer, private practice; circuit attorney of the seventh judicial district of the state of Missouri
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1844–1848; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-third and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1861); delegate to the Confederate Provisional Congress
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at Richmond, Va., in July 1861; during the American Civil War
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served in the Confederate Army
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as colonel
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of the 1st North Carolina Cavalry Regiment
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, Confederate States of America
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; mortally wounded in action on October 14, 1863, at Auburn, Virginia; died October 17, 1863, in Grace Church Hospital, Alexandria, Virginia; interment in the private cemetery on the Ruffin homestead, near Louisburg, N.C.
See also
*Thirty-third United States Congress
The 33rd United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1853, ...
* Thirty-fourth United States Congress
The 34th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C., from March 4, 1855, ...
* Thirty-fifth United States Congress
The 35th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1857 ...
* Thirty-sixth United States Congress
The 36th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1859 ...
External links
U.S. Congressional Biographical Directory
1820 births 1863 deaths People from Louisburg, North Carolina Confederate States Army officers People of North Carolina in the American Civil War Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina Deputies and delegates to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States 19th-century American politicians United States politicians killed during the Civil War Confederate States of America military personnel killed in the American Civil War Ruffin family {{NorthCarolina-politician-stub