[4][5] Earlier in his career he was an assistant prosecuting attorney.
[6] After his Supreme Court position he became a senior partner in the law firm Ragland, Otto and Potter.
[4] Ragland was born in Sharpsburg, Missouri and married Mary E. Jackson having a daughter and two sons.
[3][4] He attended the law department of Washington University, and admitted to the bar in 1889.
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