# George Lewis Ruffin

> George Lewis Ruffin was an African-American barber, attorney, politician, and judge. In 1869, he graduated from Harvard Law School, the first African American to do so. He was also the first African American elected to the Boston City Council. Ruffin was elected in 1870 to the Massachusetts Legislature. In 1883, he was appointed by the governor Benjamin Franklin Butler as a judge to the Municipal Court, Charlestown district in Boston, making him the first African American judge in the United States. He married 16 year-old Josephine St. Pierre in 1858. Florida Ruffin Ridley was one of their children.

*American politician (1834-1886)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1834-12-16
- **Died:** 1886-11-19
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

George Lewis Ruffin was an African-American barber, attorney, politician, and judge. In 1869, he graduated from Harvard Law School, the first African American to do so. He was also the first African American elected to the Boston City Council. Ruffin was elected in 1870 to the Massachusetts Legislature. In 1883, he was appointed by the governor Benjamin Franklin Butler as a judge to the Municipal Court, Charlestown district in Boston, making him the first African American judge in the United States. He married 16 year-old Josephine St. Pierre in 1858. Florida Ruffin Ridley was one of their children.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 36.6

## Sources
- [George Lewis Ruffin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lewis_Ruffin)
- [چورچ ليويس روفين](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%86_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5541711)

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