William Ruger (died May 21, 1843) was an American lawyer and politician from
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Life
About 1828, he opened a select school in
Watertown, New York
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, and taught mathematics there. He publishe
''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
Charles Mason (April 1728[New York State Senate
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Partisan com ...]
(5th D.) in
1842
Events
January–March
* January
** Michael Alexander takes office, as the first appointee to the Anglican-German Bishopric in Jerusalem.
** American medical student William E. Clarke of Berkshire Medical College becomes the first pe ...
and
1843
Events January–March
* January
** Serial publication of Charles Dickens's novel ''Martin Chuzzlewit'' begins in London; in the July chapters, he lands his hero in the United States.
** Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Tell-Tale Heart" ...
.
Chief Judge
William C. Ruger
William Crawford Ruger (January 30, 1824 Bridgewater, Oneida County, New York – January 14, 1892 Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from ...
(1824–1892) was his nephew.
Sources
''The New York Civil List''compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 133f and 145; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
Year of birth unknown
1843 deaths
Democratic Party New York (state) state senators
Politicians from Watertown, New York
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