George Lewis Ruffin
Lawyer, Deceased Person
1834 – 1886
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Who was George Lewis Ruffin?
George Lewis Ruffin was an American attorney and judge. In 1869 he was the first African American to graduate from Harvard Law School, and was elected as the first African American to serve on the Boston City Council. Ruffin was elected in 1870 to the Massachusetts Legislature. In 1883, he was appointed by the governor as a judge in the Charlestown district of municipal court, the first black judge in the United States.
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- Born
- Dec 16, 1834
Richmond - Spouses
- Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
(1858 - 1886)
- Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Harvard Law School
- Harvard University
- Died
- Nov 19, 1886
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on July 23, 2013
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