Rufus P. Ranney
| Rufus Putnam Ranney | |
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| Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court | |
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In office March 17, 1851 – February 15, 1857 |
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| Preceded by | Edward Avery |
| Succeeded by | Josiah Scott |
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In office February 9, 1863 – February 23, 1865 |
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| Preceded by | Milton Sutliff |
| Succeeded by | John Welch |
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| Born |
October 30, 1813 Blandford, Massachusetts |
| Died | December 6, 1891 (aged 78) Cleveland, Ohio |
| Resting place | Lake View Cemetery |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Adeline W. Warner |
| Children | six |
| Alma mater | Western Reserve College |
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Rufus Putnam Ranney (October 30, 1813 – December 6, 1891) was a Democratic politician in the U.S. State of Ohio who helped write the second Ohio Constitution, and was a judge on the Ohio Supreme Court in 1851–1856 and 1863–1865.
Rufus Putnam Ranney was born at Blandford, Hampden County, Massachusetts. The family moved to Portage County, Ohio in 1824. He earned enough money chopping firewood to enter Western Reserve College then at Hudson, but not enough to complete the college course. At age 21 or 22 he began the study of law at the office of Joshua Reed Giddings and Benjamin Wade, and was admitted to the bar in 1836.
The firm of Wade and Ranney was formed because Giddings was elected to Congress. In 1845, Wade became judge of the Common Pleas before entering the Senate in 1851. In 1846, Ranney moved to Warren, Trumbull County. The Democrats nominated him for Congress in 1846 and 1848, in a district "hopelessly in the minority".
In 1850, in heavily Whig Trumbull and Geauga counties, Ranney was elected to the second State Constitutional Convention. He served on the committees on the judiciary, on revision, and on amendments. Also on the judiciary committee were Henry Stanbery, Joseph Rockwell Swan, William S. Groesbeck, and William Kennon, Sr..
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