Nathaniel Ruggles (November 11, 1761 – December 19, 1819) was a

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from

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. Born in Roxbury in the

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, Ruggles graduated from

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in 1781, studied law, was

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, 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

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Congresses (March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1819). He died in Roxbury on December 19, 1819.

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