William Ruffin Cox
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 105 years ago |
Date of birth | March 11,1832 |
Zodiac sign | Pisces |
Born | Scotland Neck |
North Carolina | |
United States | |
Date of died | December 26,1919 |
Died | Richmond |
Virginia | |
United States | |
Place of burial | North Carolina, United States |
Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States | |
Rank | Brigadier general |
Battles and wars | American Civil War |
Battle of Antietam | |
Current partner | Katherine Hamilton Cabell Claiborne Cox |
Previous position | Secretary of the United States Senate (1893–1900), Representative (1881–1887) |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1013402 |
William Ruffin Cox Life story
William Ruffin Cox was an American soldier and politician from the state of North Carolina. He was a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, a three-term member of the United States House of Representatives from 1881 to 1887, and Secretary of the Senate from 1893 to 1900.