James Rider

On November 17, 1818, he married Margaret Rhodes.

He was Treasurer of the Merrick and Jamaica Plank Road Company from 1852 to 1854.

He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Queens Co.) in 1855.

He was a Republican member of the New York State Senate (1st D.) in 1856 and 1857.

He was buried at the Prospect Cemetery in Jamaica, Queens.