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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—PennsylvaniaDavid RITCHIE
(1812-1867)
RITCHIE, David, a
Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Canonsburg, Washington
County, Pa., August 19, 1812; was graduated from Jefferson College,
Canonsburg, Pa., in 1829, and subsequently at Heidelberg, Germany;
studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1835 and commenced practice
in Pittsburgh, Pa.; 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
(March 4, 1853-March 3, 1859); chairman, Committee on Revolutionary
Claims (Thirty-fourth Congress); was appointed associate judge of
the court of common pleas of Allegheny County in 1862 and served
nine months; resumed the practice of his profession; died in
Pittsburgh, Pa., January 24, 1867.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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