Cox, William Ruffin

Life Span
to
Full name
William Ruffin Cox
Place of Birth
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
South
Origins
Slave State
Education
Other
Other Education
Franklin College (TN); Lebanon College (TN)
Occupation
Attorney or Judge
Farmer or Planter
Businessman
Other
Other Occupation
Secretary of the U.S. Senate
Relation to Slavery
Slaveholder
Political Parties
Democratic
Other Affiliations
Fire-Eaters (Secessionists)
Government
US House of Representatives
State supreme court
Military
Confederate Army
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