James Rider

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James Rider (March 5, 1797 Springfield, Queens County, New York – April 30, 1876 Jamaica, Queens Co., NY) was an American politician from New York.

Life

He was the son of John Rider (ca. 1766–1846) and Antje (Van Nostrand) Rider (b. 1765). On November 17, 1818, he married Margaret Rhodes.

He was Treasurer of the Merrick and Jamaica Plank Road Company from 1852 to 1854.

He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Queens Co.) in 1855.

He was a Republican member of the New York State Senate (1st D.) in 1856 and 1857.

He was buried at the Prospect Cemetery in Jamaica, Queens.

Sources

The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 137, 144, 249 and 299; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
OBITUARY; JAMES RIDER in NYT on May 1, 1876
"James Ryder" at Long Island Surnames
Merrick and Jamaica Plank Road Collection at Stony Brook University

External links

James Rider at Find a Grave

New York State Senate
Preceded by Hugh Halsey	New York State Senate 1st District 1856–1857	Succeeded by Joshua B. Smith

Persondata
Name	Rider, James
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	March 5, 1797
Place of birth
Date of death	April 30, 1876
Place of death

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