| James Ritchie | |
| Order: | 5th |
| Office: | Mayor of Roxbury, Massachusetts |
| Term Start: | 1855 |
| Term End: | 1855 |
| Predecessor: | Linus Bacon Comins |
| Successor: | John Sherburne Sleeper |
| Order2: | Member Massachusetts Governor's Council |
| Birth Date: | May 12, 1815 |
| Birth Place: | Canton, Massachusetts |
| Death Place: | Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Duxbury, Massachusetts |
| Nationality: | American |
| Spouse: | Caroline Whitaker (Married April 1837; d. 1841), Mary Jane Kimball b. October 19, 1817. |
| Alma Mater: | Harvard |
| Profession: | Teacher |
| Children: | James Ritchie Jr. |
James Ritchie (May 12, 1815 - March 16, 1873) was an American teacher and politician, who served as the fifth Mayor of Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1855, and as a member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council.
Ritchie drowned in the sinking of the steamboat Grace Darling off Duxbury, Massachusetts. His body was never found.