James Ritchie (May 12, 1815 - March 16, 1873) was an American teacher[2] and politician, who served as the fifth Mayor[3] of Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1855, and as a member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council.
[4] Ritchie drowned in the sinking of the steamboat Grace Darling off Duxbury, Massachusetts.
[5] His body was never found.
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