George Lewis Ruffin
American judge and politician (1834-1886) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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George Lewis Ruffin (December 16, 1834 – November 19, 1886) was an American barber, attorney, politician, and judge. In 1869, he graduated from Harvard Law School, the first African American to do so. He was also the first African American elected to the Boston City Council.[1] Ruffin was elected in 1870 to the Massachusetts Legislature. In 1883, he was appointed by the governor Benjamin Franklin Butler as a judge to the Municipal Court, Charlestown district in Boston, making him the first African American judge in the United States. He married 16 year-old Josephine St. Pierre in 1858. Florida Ruffin Ridley was one of their children.
Quick Facts Member of theMassachusetts House of Representatives from the 6th Suffolk district, Preceded by ...
George Lewis Ruffin | |
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Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 6th Suffolk district | |
In office January 5, 1870 – January 2, 1872 | |
Preceded by | Linus Child John J. Smith |
Succeeded by | Frederic W. Lincoln Jr. Charles R. Codman John J. Smith |
Member of the Boston Common Council from Ward 9 | |
In office January 3, 1876 – January 7, 1878 | |
Preceded by | Nahum Morrison Cyrus A. Page Francis H. Peabody John Osborne Jr. |
Succeeded by | John J. Smith |
Associate Justice of the Boston Municipal Court | |
In office 1883–1886 | |
Appointed by | Benjamin Franklin Butler |
Personal details | |
Born | (1834-12-22)December 22, 1834 Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
Died | November 19, 1886(1886-11-19) (aged 51) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | |
Children | 5, including Florida |
Education | Harvard Law School (1869) |
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