James Barroll Ricaud (February 11, 1808 – January 24, 1866) was an American politician.Bioguide.congress.gov
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, Ricaud attended the common schools and graduated from

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, in 1828. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1829, and commenced practice in Chestertown. He served as a member of the

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in 1834, served in the

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from 1836 to 1844, and served as

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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

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and served during the May term. He died in Chestertown and is interred in St. Paul's Church Cemetery.

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