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Ranney, Rufus Percival

lawyer, jurist, was born Oct. 13, 1813, in Blandford, Mass. He was chosen by the Ohio legislature about the same time a judge of the supreme court, and in 1851 was elected by the people, under the new constitution, to the same office, which he held till 1857. In that year he was appointed United States district attorney for Ohio, and in 1859 was defeated as the democratic candidate for governor. In 1862 he was again elected a judge of the supreme court, but in 1864 resigned, and resumed practice in Cleveland.