Alex C. Ruffing

He was educated in the public and parochial schools and learned the machinist trade at the Allis Chalmers plant.

[2] In 1918 Ruffing was elected to the same Assembly seat at the age of 26 years and three days, receiving 2,959 votes to 1,410 for Republican Tony Rausch (Gettelman had become chief deputy sheriff of Milwaukee County).

He became the youngest member of the fifty-fourth session of the legislature, and was assigned to the standing committee on public welfare.

Ruffing continued to serve as an alderman until defeated for re-election on April 4, 1944, by Republican State Representative Martin E.

[7] In 1946, he ran for his old seat in the Assembly, coming in third to Republican Clyde Follansbee and Democrat John Schaller.