James Ritchie (politician)

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name =James Ritchie


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order =5th
office =Mayor of Roxbury, Massachusetts
term_start =1855
term_end =1855
predecessor =Linus Bacon Comins
successor =John Sherburne Sleeper
order2 = Member Massachusetts Governor's Council
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birth_date =Birth date|1815|5|12|mf=y
birth_place =Canton, Massachusetts
death_date =Death date and age|1873|3|16|1815|5|12|mf=y
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nationality =American
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spouse =Caroline Whitaker (Married April 1837; d. 1841), Mary Jane Kimball
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alma_mater =Harvard
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profession =Teacher
religion =Congregationalist [Citation |last = Thwing | first = Walter Eliot| year = 1908 | title = History of the First Church in Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1630-1904 | page = 294. | publisher = W.A. Butterfield | location = Boston, MA | date = 1908]


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James Ritchie was an American politician, who served as the fifth Mayor [Citation |last = Winsor | first = Justin| year = 1881 | title = The Memorial History of Boston: Including Suffolk County, Massachusetts. 1630-1880 Vol. III| page = 578. | publisher = Ticknor and Company | location = Boston, MA | date = 1881] of Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1855, and as a member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council. [Citation |last = Thwing | first = Walter Eliot| year = 1908 | title = History of the First Church in Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1630-1904 | page = 294. | publisher = W.A. Butterfield | location = Boston, MA | date = 1908]

Ritchie drowned when the steam ship he was on on sank.

References

Bibliography

* History of the First Church in Roxbury, Massachusetts, 1630-1904 By Walter Eliot Thwing (1908).
* Memorials of the Class of 1835, Harvard University: Prepared on Behalf of the Class Secretary by Harvard College Class of 1835 (1886).
* The Memorial History of Boston: Including Suffolk County, Massachusetts. 1630-1880. Justin Winsor (1881).

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