page_title: Thomas Ruffin
hierarchical_section_title: Thomas Ruffin
caption_attribution_description: Portrait of 19th century North Carolina judge and politician Thomas Ruffin
context_page_description: Thomas Ruffin was an American jurist and Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court from 1829 to 1852 and again from 1858 to 1859. He was Chief Justice of that Court from 1833 to 1852.
context_section_description: Thomas Ruffin (1787–1870) was an American jurist and Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court from 1829 to 1852 and again from 1858 to 1859.  He was Chief Justice of that Court from 1833 to 1852.
caption: Thomas Ruffin
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