James Barroll Ricaud

James Barroll Ricaud
File:JamesBarrollRicaud.jpg James Barroll Ricaud (1859)
Born	(1808-02-11)February 11, 1808 Baltimore, Maryland, US
Died	Chestertown, Maryland, US
Nationality	American
Occupation	Politician

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.

External links

• James Barroll Ricaud at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

United States House of Representatives
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