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