James Ritchie (Massachusetts politician)

For the U.S. Representative from Ohio, see James M. Ritchie.
James Ritchie
5th Mayor of Roxbury, Massachusetts
In office
1855–1855
Preceded by Linus Bacon Comins
Succeeded by John Sherburne Sleeper
Member Massachusetts Governor's Council
Personal details
Born May 12, 1815(1815-05-12)
Canton, Massachusetts
Died March 16, 1873(1873-03-16) (aged 57)
Atlantic Ocean off te coast of Duxbury, Massachusetts
Nationality American
Spouse(s) Caroline Whitaker (Married April 1837; d. 1841), Mary Jane Kimball b. October 19, 1817.[1]
Alma mater Harvard
Profession Teacher
Religion Congregationalist[2]

James Ritchie (May 12, 1815 - March 16, 1873) was an American politician, who served as the fifth Mayor[3] of Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1855, and as a member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council.[2]

Ritchie drowned in the sinking of the steamboat Grace Darling off of Duxbury, Massachusetts.[4]

References

  1. ^ Palmer, Joseph (1864), Necrology of alumni of Harvard college, 1851-52 to 1862-63, Boston, MA: Joseph Palmer, pp. 393–395. 
  2. ^ a b Thwing, Walter Eliot (1908), History of the First Church in Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1630-1904, Boston, MA: W. A. Butterfield, p. 294. 
  3. ^ Winsor, Justin (1881), The Memorial History of Boston: Including Suffolk County, Massachusetts. 1630-1880 Vol. III, Boston, MA: Ticknor and Company, p. 578. 
  4. ^ Hartford Daily Courant (Mar 19, 1873), THE FOUNDERING OF THE GRACE DARLING, Hartford, Conn.: Hartford Daily Courant, p. 2. 

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Political offices
Preceded by
Linus Bacon Comins		 Mayor of Roxbury, Massachusetts
1861-1853		 Succeeded by
John Sherburne Sleeper