Ruffin Golson Pleasant 1871-1937

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Ruffin was the Govenor of Louisiana, served in the Spanish American War in 1898 as a Lt. Col. with the 1st Louisiana Regiment Infantry. He was captain of the 1st LSU football team against Tulane in 1893. He also studied law.

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Ruffin G. Pleasant - Wikipedia

 

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Ruffin Golson Pleasant (June 2, 1871 – September 12, 1937) was the 36th Governor of Louisiana from 1916 to 1920, who is remembered for having mobilized ...

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Ruffin Golson Pleasant (1871-1937) - Find A Grave Memorial

 

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Governor of Louisiana. Ruffin Golson Pleasant was born on June 2, 1871 in the rural community of Shiloh in western Union Parish, Louisiana. He was the eldest ...