Burwell Clark Ritter | |
State: | Kentucky |
Term Start: | March 4, 1865 |
Term End: | March 3, 1867 |
Predecessor: | George H. Yeaman |
Successor: | William N. Sweeney |
Birth Date: | 6 January 1810 |
Birth Place: | Russellville, Kentucky, U.S. |
Death Place: | Hopkinsville, Kentucky, U.S. |
Burwell Clark Ritter (January 6, 1810 – October 1, 1880) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, uncle of Walter Evans.
Born near Russellville, Kentucky, Ritter received a limited schooling. He served as member of the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1842 and 1850.
Ritter was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1866. He engaged in agricultural pursuits. He died in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, October 1, 1880. He was interred in Hopewell (later known as Riverside) Cemetery.