Burwell C. Ritter Explained

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.