David Ritchie Portrait

David Ritchie (August 19, 1812 – January 24, 1867) was a Whig, Opposition Party and Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.[1][2]

Biography

Born in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania on August 19, 1812, Ritchie graduated from Jefferson College in Canonsburg in 1829, and subsequently from a university in Heidelberg, Germany. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1835 and began his legal practice in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[3][4]

Ritchie was elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress, reelected as an Opposition Party candidate to the Thirty-fourth Congress, and elected as a Republican to the Thirty-fifth Congress. He served as chairman of the United States House Committee on Revolutionary Claims during the Thirty-fourth Congress.[5][6]

He was appointed associate judge of the court of common pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in 1862 and served nine months.[7][8]

Following the end of his legislative career, Ritchie resumed the practice of law.[9]

Death

Ritchie died in Pittsburgh on January 24, 1867.[10][11]

References

  1. ↑ Ritchie, David" (R000273), in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Washington, D.C.: Offices of the Historians of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, retrieved online March 4, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Ritchie, David." Ann Arbor, Michigan: The Political Graveyard, May 10, 2022.
  3. ↑ Ritchie, David," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  4. ↑ "Ritchie, David," The Political Graveyard.
  5. ↑ Ritchie, David," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  6. ↑ "Ritchie, David," The Political Graveyard.
  7. ↑ Ritchie, David," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  8. ↑ "Ritchie, David," The Political Graveyard.
  9. ↑ Ritchie, David," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  10. ↑ Ritchie, David," in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  11. ↑ "Ritchie, David," The Political Graveyard.
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