| Honorific-Prefix: | Representative |
| Ruth Samuelson | |
| State House: | North Carolina |
| State: | North Carolina |
| District: | 104th |
| Term Start: | January 1, 2007 |
| Term End: | January 1, 2015 |
| Predecessor: | Ed McMahan |
| Successor: | Dan Bishop |
| Office1: | Member of the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners from the 5th district |
| Term Start1: | 2000 |
| Term End1: | 2004 |
| Predecessor1: | Tom Cox[1] |
| Successor1: | Dan Bishop[2] |
| Birth Name: | Ruth Culbertson |
| Birth Date: | 4 November 1959 |
| Birth Place: | Charleston, South Carolina |
| Party: | Republican |
| Spouse: | Ken Samuelson[3] |
| Children: | Three sons, one daughter |
| Alma Mater: | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Ruth Culbertson Samuelson (November 4, 1959 – January 23, 2017) was a Republican member of the North Carolina General Assembly, representing the 104th district in the North Carolina House of Representatives from 2007 to 2015.[4] [5] From 2000 to 2004, Samuelson served as a member of the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners, representing the Fifth District. In 2004, she ran for an At-Large seat on the Board of Commissioners, but lost in a tight general election race.[6]
In November 2006, Samuelson was elected to the North Carolina House succeeding five-term incumbent Ed McMahan. Samuelson was elected with 67% of the vote in the election, beating Democrat Paula McSwain.[7]
She announced on October 15, 2013, that she would not seek re-election for a fifth term and would leave office at the end of her term, after the 2014 elections.[8]
Samuelson revealed in June 2016 that she had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer.[9] Later that year she entered hospice care at home.[10]
Samuelson died on January 23, 2017, at the age of 57.A hiking trail in Mecklenburg County has been named in Samuelson's honor.[10]
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