James Madison Rix (December 23, 1811 – March 25, 1856) was an American newspaper printer editor, politician and lawyer who served as the President of the New Hampshire Senate.

[2] Rix married Mary Palmer of Concord, New Hampshire, they had a daughter Eliza Rix[3] Rix learned the trade of printing by working in the office of The Democratic Republican newspaper in Haverhill, New Hampshire.

[4] In July 1838 Rix co-founded The Coös County Democrat[1][3] with James M.

[5] Rix died March 25, 1856, in the City Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts.

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