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Ricaud, James Barroll

lawyer, jurist, state senator, congressman, was born Feb. 11, 1808, in Baltimore, Md.

He was a member of the house of delegates of Maryland in 1834; and of the state senate of Maryland from 1836 to 1844. He was a presidential elector in 1836 and 1844; and was a representative in the thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth congresses. He was appointed judge of the circuit court. He died Jan. 26, 1866, in Chestertown, Md.

RICE, ALEXANDER HAMILTON, manufacturer, congressman, governor, was born Aug. 30, 1818, in Newton, Mass.

In 1853 he was elected to the common council of Boston, and became the president of that body; and was mayor of Boston in 1856 and 1857. He was elected a representative from Massachusetts to the thirty-sixth congress; and was reelected to the thirty-seventh, thirtyeighth and thirty-ninth congresses. was subsequently elected mayor of Boston; and was governor of Massachusetts from 1876 to 1879.

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