James B. Ricaud

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

[1] Ricaud served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Kent County in 1834.

[1][2] He served on the manufacturing committee and was involved in the investigation of the accounts of clerk William Cullom.

[6] He later resumed the practice of his profession and was appointed associate judge of the 7th Maryland judicial district in 1864 by Governor Augustus Bradford and served until 1866.

[1][2] Ricaud married Anne Elizabeth Gordon on November 29, 1831.

Title page from Abstract of Infantry Tactics including exercises and maneuvers of light infantry and riflemen for the use of the militia of the United States Published by the Department of War Under the authority of an Act of Congress of the 2D of March, 1829. This first edition was signed by James B. Ricaud and given to George Vickers who would later be a U.S. Senator from Maryland. In the private collection of H. Blair Howell