United States Representative Directory

Nathaniel Ruggles

Nathaniel Ruggles served as a representative for Massachusetts (1813-1819).

Federalist
Massachusetts
District 13
Former

Massachusetts

Role Representative

Current assignment referenced in the congressional directory.

State Massachusetts

Representing constituents across the Massachusetts delegation.

District District 13

District insights and legislative focus areas.

Service period 1813-1819

Years of public service formally recorded.

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Biography

Nathaniel Ruggles (November 11, 1761 – December 19, 1819) was a U.S. representative from Massachusetts.

Born in Roxbury in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, Ruggles graduated from Harvard University in 1781, studied law, was admitted to the bar, 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 Fifteenth Congresses (March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1819). He died in Roxbury on December 19, 1819.