David Ritchie | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania | |
| In office March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1859 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas M. Howe |
| Succeeded by | James K. Moorhead |
| Constituency | 21st district |
| Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas ofAllegheny County | |
| In office 1862 | |
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| Born | (1812-08-19)August 19, 1812 |
| Died | January 24, 1867(1867-01-24) (aged 54) |
| Political party | Whig Opposition Party Republican |
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David Ritchie (August 19, 1812 – January 24, 1867) was an American lawyer, politician and judge who served as a member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania.
Ritchie was inCanonsburg, Pennsylvania on August 19, 1812.[1][2][3] He was the youngest son ofCraig Ritchie Sr.[1] He graduated fromJefferson College in Canonsburg in 1829, and subsequently from a university inHeidelberg, Germany. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1835 and began his legal practice inPittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[2][3]
Ritchie served a member of theUnited States House of Representatives from 1853 until 1859. At different points, he was a member of theWhig,Opposition andRepublican parties.[2][3]
Ritchie was elected as a Whig to theThirty-third Congress, reelected as an Opposition Party candidate to theThirty-fourth Congress, and elected as a Republican to theThirty-fifth Congress. He served as chairman of theUnited States House Committee on Revolutionary Claims during the Thirty-fourth Congress.[2][3]
He was appointed associate judge of the court of common pleas ofAllegheny County, Pennsylvania, in 1862 and served nine months.[2][3]
Following the end of his legislative and judcicial careers, Ritchie resumed the practice of law.[2]
Ritchie died in Pittsburgh on January 24, 1867.[1][2][3]
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