James Barroll Ricaud

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James Barroll Ricaud (February 11, 1808 – January 24, 1866) was an American politician.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Ricaud attended the common schools and graduated from Washington College of Chestertown, Maryland in 1828. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1829, and commenced practice in Chestertown. He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates in 1834, served in the Maryland State Senate from 1836 to 1844, and served as presidential elector on the Whig tickets in 1840 and 1844.

Ricaud was elected as the candidate of the American Party to the Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1855 to March 3, 1859. He later resumed the practice of his profession and was appointed associate judge of the second Maryland judicial district in 1864 by Governor Augustus Bradford and served during the May term. He died in Chestertown and is interred in St. Paul’s Church Cemetery.

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• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Preceded by Jacob Shower

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 2nd congressional district 1855–1859

Succeeded by Edwin Hanson Webster