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The basics
Quick facts
Intro
American politician
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Male
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Birth:
12 May 1815(Canton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, U.S.A.)
Death:
16 March 1873
The details
Biography
Introduction
James Ritchie (May 12, 1815 - March 16, 1873) was an American teacher and politician, who served as the fifth Mayor of Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1855, and as a member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council.
Death
Ritchie drowned in the sinking of the steamboat Grace Darling off of Duxbury, Massachusetts his body was never found.