John E. Ruston

John Edward Ruston (June 14, 1872 – February 1, 1932) was an American lawyer from New York.

Life Ruston was born on June 14, 1872, in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, New York. The family moved to Bedford, Brooklyn when he was four. His father, Charles Ruston, immigrated to America from London, England, when he was four and was a prominent New York City lawyer and the son of clergyman John Ruston. His mother was Elizabeth Miner Purdy.

Ruston attended the Boys High School. At one point, he was a member of the law firm Ruston & Washburn with Cyrus V. Washburn, their law office located at 51 Chambers Street.

During World War I, Ruston was chairman of his local draft board and was a sergeant in Mounted Troop A of the Brooklyn Police Reserve. In 1917, District Attorney Harry E. Lewis appointed him Assistant District Attorney. When Lewis resigned as District Attorney to join the New York Supreme Court, Governor Nathan L. Miller appointed Ruston the new Brooklyn District Attorney in 1922. After his term expired in 1923, he became a member of the law firm Ruston & Snyder with assemblyman Marshall Snyder and maintained a law office on 50 Court Street in Brooklyn. He was also a trustee, executive committee member, and counsel of the Greater New York Savings Bank, which his father helped organize.