Famous People with Name Rutledge

Jason Rutledge            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Jason Rutledge: is a New Zealand rugby union player who plays provincial rugby for Southland, and is in the Super 14 team the Highlanders. Rutledge made his debut for the Highlanders in 2004, but after playing two games that season, did not return to the Highlanders unti

Michael Ross ("Roscoe") Rutledge            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Michael Ross ("Roscoe") Rutledge: is a former field hockey player. Rutledge participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics for Canada, starting in 1984. After having finished in tenth position in Los Angeles, California, the long time resident of Langley, British Columbia ended up in ele

John Rutledge            Origin/Culture/Country: American

John Rutledge: was an American statesman and judge. He was the first Governor of South Carolina following the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the 31st overall. He was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention, and he signed the United States Constitution.

Earl James Rutledge            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Earl James Rutledge: was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1927 to 1948, initially as a Conservative and later as a Progressive Conservative after the party changed its name. He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1927 provincial election, defeating Progressive candidate N.W.P. Shuttleworth by fourteen votes in the constituency of Minnedosa. Shuttleworth actually won a plurality of votes over Rutledge on the first count, but lost the seat following transfers from the third-place candidate. (Manitoba elections were determined by preferential balloting during this period.) Rutledge was returned again in the 1932 election, defeating Liberal-Progressive candidate Neil Cameron by the increased margin of sixteen votes. He won his first convincing victory in the 1936 provincial election, defeating Liberal-Progressive candidate Henry Rungay by almost 300 votes.