David Ritchie

David Ritchie (1859)

David Ritchie (born August 19, 1812 in Canonsburg , Pennsylvania , †  January 24, 1867 in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania) was an American politician . Between 1853 and 1859 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

David Ritchie attended Jefferson College in his hometown of Canonsburg until 1829 . He then studied at the University of Heidelberg in the Grand Duchy of Baden . After a subsequent law degree and his license to practice law in 1835, he began to work in this profession in Pittsburgh. Politically, he joined the Whig Party . After its dissolution, he became a member of the short-lived Opposition Party and then the Republican Party, founded in 1854 . During his three terms in the US House of Representatives, he represented all three parties for one term each in the order above.

In the 1852 congressional election , Ritchie was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the 21st  constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded Thomas Marshall Howe on March 4, 1853 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1859 . These were shaped by the events of the civil war . From 1855 to 1857 he chaired the Committee on Revolutionary Claims .

In 1862, David Ritchie served as an associate judge on the Allegheny County Court of Appeals for nine months . Otherwise he practiced as a lawyer again. He died in Pittsburgh on January 24, 1867.

Web links

• David Ritchie in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Thomas Marshall Howe	United States House Representative for Pennsylvania (21st constituency) March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1859	James K. Moorhead