James Madison Rix | |
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| President of the New Hampshire Senate | |
| In office 1853–1853 | |
| Preceded by | John S. Wells |
| Succeeded by | J. Everett Sargent |
| Member of the New Hampshire Senate | |
| In office 1852–1853 | |
| Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives | |
| In office 1847–1848 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 23, 1811 Landaff, New Hampshire |
| Died | March 25, 1856 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Mary Palmer |
| Children | Eliza Rix |
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.[1]
Rix was born to Caleb and Eliza Morrell Rix on December 23, 1811.[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. Whittemore.[5]
Rix died March 25, 1856, in the City Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts.[1][3][4]
- ^ a b c Moore, John W. (1886), Moore's Historical, Biographical, and Miscellaneous Gatherings: In the Form of Disconnected Notes Relative to Printers, Printing, Publishing, and Editing of Books, Newspapers, Magazines and Other Literary Productions, Such as the Early Publications of New England, the United States, and the World, from the Discovery of the Art, Or from 1420 to 1886, with Many Brief Notices of Authors, Publishers, Editors, Printers, and Inventors, Concord, New Hampshire: Republican Press Association, p. 467
- ^ Kent, Henry O. (1898), Proceedings of the Grafton and Coös County Bar Association, New Hampshire, Volume Three, Concord, New Hampshire: Grafton and Coös County Bar Association, p. 298
- ^ a b c Kent, Henry O. (1898), Proceedings of the Grafton and Coös County Bar Association, New Hampshire, Volume Three, Concord, New Hampshire: Grafton and Coös County Bar Association, p. 299
- ^ a b Henry Harrison Metcalf, ed. (November 1840), Memorial of Hon. Harry Bingham: LL.D., Lawyer, Legislator, Author, Concord, New Hampshire: Edgar Aldrich, Albert Stillman Batchellor, John M. Mitchell, p. 87
- ^ Moore, Jacob B. (November 1840), American Quarterly Register , Vol. XIII, No. 2; History of Newspapers Published in New Hampshire from 1756 to 1840, Boston, Massachusetts: American Education Society, p. 177