William Ruger (politician)
(Redirected from William Ruger (state senator))
William Ruger (died May 21, 1843) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Life[edit]
About 1828, he opened a select school in Watertown, New York, and taught mathematics there. He published A New System of Arithmeticks (on-line copy; 1836; 264 pages). He also studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1831. He practiced law in partnership with Charles Mason from 1835 to 1838.
Ruger was a member of the New York State Senate (5th D.) in 1842 and 1843.
Chief Judge William C. Ruger (1824–1892) was his nephew.
Sources[edit]
- The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 133f and 145; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
 | This article about a member of the New York State Senate is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |