William Ruffin Cox
U.S. Congressperson
1832 – 1919
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Who was William Ruffin Cox?
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 American Civil War, a three-term member of the United States House of Representatives from 1881 to 1887, and Secretary of the United States Senate from 1893 to 1900.
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- Born
- Mar 11, 1832
Scotland Neck - Also known as
- William Cox
- William R. Cox
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Confederate States of America
- Died
- Dec 26, 1919
Edgecombe County - Resting place
- Historic Oakwood Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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