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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriJames Edward RUFFIN
(1893-1977)
RUFFIN, James Edward, a
Representative from Missouri; born on a farm near Covington, Tipton
County, Tenn., July 24, 1893; in 1905 moved to Missouri with his
parents, who settled in Aurora, Lawrence County; attended the grade
schools; was graduated from the Aurora High School in 1912 and from
Drury College, Springfield, Mo., in 1916; taught school at
Nickerson (Kans.) College in 1917; during the First World War was
commissioned a first lieutenant on November 27, 1917; served in the
Fifty-third Regiment, Pioneer Infantry, overseas with the First and
Thirty-fifth Divisions, and was discharged on June 3, 1919; was
graduated from the law department of Cumberland University,
Lebanon, Tenn., in 1920; was admitted to the bar the same year and
commenced practice in Springfield, Mo.; served as assistant city
attorney 1926-1928; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-third
Congress (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1935); unsuccessful candidate
for renomination in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth Congress; appointed
special assistant to the Attorney General of the United States on
May 9, 1935, assigned to the criminal division of the Department of
Justice, and served until August 1953; resumed the practice of law
in Springfield, Mo., where he died April 9, 1977; interment in East
Lawn Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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