John Rugee was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Rugee was born John Christopher Rugee on January 3, 1827 in Lübeck, Germany. He married Malvina C. Palmer. They would have four children. Rugee died of cancer on March 7, 1894 in Redlands, California.[1] He is buried at Forest Home Cemetery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[2]
Rugee was a member of the Assembly in 1861. He was also a Presidential Elector for the 1884 United States Presidential Election.