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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MaineJames Wheelock RIPLEY
(1786-1835)
RIPLEY, James Wheelock,
(brother of Eleazar Wheelock Ripley), a Representative from Maine;
born in Hanover, N.H., March 12, 1786; attended the common schools
and Fryeburg (Maine) Academy; studied law; was admitted to the bar
and commenced practice in Fryeburg, Maine (until 1820 a part of
Massachusetts); served in the War of 1812; member of the
Massachusetts house of representatives 1814-1819; elected from
Maine to the Nineteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Enoch Lincoln and on the same day was elected to the
Twentieth Congress; reelected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-first
Congress and served from September 11, 1826, to March 12, 1830,
when he resigned; resumed the practice of law; collector of customs
for the district of Passamaquoddy, Maine, from December 16, 1830,
until his death in Fryeburg, Oxford County, Maine, June 17, 1835;
interment in the Village Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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