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Line 1: {{Short description\|American politician}} '{{More citations needed\|date=March 2023}}'''James Edward Ruffin''' ([[July 24]], [[1893]] -– [[April 9]], [[1977]]) was a [[United States House of Representatives\|U.S. Representative]] from [[Missouri]]. Born on a farm near [[Covington, Tennessee]], Ruffin moved to [[Aurora, Missouri]] with his parents. He graduated from [[Aurora High School (Missouri)\|Aurora High School]] in 1912 and from Drury College ([[Drury University]]), [[Springfield, Missouri]], in 1916. While in college he was a member of Phi Alpha Sigma, and later [[Lambda Chi Alpha]]. He taught school at Nickerson (Kansas) College in 1917, before being commissioned a first lieutenant on [[November 27]], [[1917]]. He served in the Fifty-third Regiment, Pioneer Infantry, overseas with the First and Thirty-fifth Divisions, and was discharged on [[June 3]], [[1919]]. In 1920, Ruffin graduated from the [[Cumberland School of Law]] at [[Cumberland University]], [[Lebanon, Tennessee]], in 1920. He was admitted to the bar that same year and commenced practice in [[Springfield, Missouri]]. From 1926 to 1928, he served as assistant city attorney. Line 10 ⟶ 11: He was unsuccessful in his bid for renomination to the [[Seventy-fourth Congress]] in 1934. Ruffin was appointed special assistant to the [[United States Attorney General]] on [[May 9]], [[1935]]. Assigned to the criminal division of the [[United States Department of Justice\|Department of Justice]], he served until August 1953. He resumed the practice of law in [[Springfield, Missouri]], where he died [[April 9]], [[1977]]. Ruffin is interred in East Lawn Cemetery. ==References== {{CongBio\|R000498}} {{s-start}} {{s-par\|us-hs}} {{US House succession box \| state=Missouri \| district=AL \| before=None (New district) \| after=None (District dissolved) \| years=1933–1935}} {{s-end}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ruffin, James Edward}} [[Category:1893 births]] [[Category:1977 deaths]] [[Category:~~Members of the~~ United States ~~House of Representatives from~~Army ~~Missouri~~officers]] [[Category:Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri]] [[Category:Drury University alumni]] [[Category:20th-century American legislators]] [[Category:People from Covington, Tennessee]] [[Category:People from Aurora, Missouri]] [[Category:People from Springfield, Missouri]]