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Line 1: {{Short description\|American politician}} <!-- This article was automatically created by [[User:polbot]] from http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000498. The prose may be stilted, and there may be grammatical and Wikification errors. Please improve in any way you see fit. -->'''James Edward Ruffin''' ([[July 24]], [[1893]] - [[April 9]], [[1977]]) was a [[United States House of Representatives\|U.S. Representative]] from [[Missouri]]. {{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~~<!-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->In 1905~~ moved to [[Aurora, Missouri]] with his parents~~, who settled in Aurora, Lawrence County~~. He ~~was~~ graduated from ~~the~~[[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 attended the grade schools.~~ 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]].▼ ▲He was graduated from the 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, later [[Lambda Chi Alpha]]. ~~He taught school at Nickerson (Kansas) College in 1917.~~ ~~<!-- A grammar fix may be needed here. -->During the First World War was 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]]. He was graduated from the [[Cumberland School of Law]] at [[Cumberland University]], [[Lebanon, Tennessee]], in 1920.▼ ~~He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in [[Springfield, Missouri]].~~ ~~He served as assistant city attorney 1926-1928.~~ ▲HeIn ~~was~~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. Ruffin was elected as a [[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democrat]] to the Seventy-third Congress ([[March 4]], [[1933]]-[[January 3]], [[1935]]).▼ He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1934 to the Seventy-fourth Congress.▼ He was 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.▼ He resumed the practice of law in [[Springfield, Missouri]], where he died [[April 9]], [[1977]].▼ He was interred in East Lawn Cemetery.▼ ▲Ruffin was elected as a [[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democrat]] to the [[Seventy-third Congress ~~([[March 4]], [[1933]]-[[January 3]], [[1935~~]]). ~~==Source==~~ ▲He was an unsuccessful ~~candidate~~in his bid for renomination ~~in 1934~~ to the [[Seventy-fourth Congress]] in 1934. ▲HeRuffin was appointed special assistant to the ~~Attorney General of the~~ [[United States Attorney General]] on [[May 9]], [[1935~~]],~~. ~~assigned~~Assigned to the criminal division of the [[United States Department of Justice\|Department of Justice]], ~~and~~he served until August 1953. ▲He resumed the practice of law in [[Springfield, Missouri]], where he died [[April 9]], [[1977]]. ▲HeRuffin ~~was~~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]]