| Image Name: | DavidRitchie.jpg |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| Term Start: | March 4, 1853 |
| Term End: | March 3, 1859 |
| Preceded: | Thomas M. Howe |
| Succeeded: | James K. Moorhead |
| Office1: | Associate Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County |
| Term1: | 1862 |
| Birth Date: | 19 August 1812 |
| Birth Place: | Canonsburg, Pennsylvania |
| Death Place: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Party: | Whig Opposition Party Republican |
| Father: | Craig Ritchie Sr. |
David Ritchie (August 19, 1812 – January 24, 1867) was an American laywer, politicain and judge who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Ritchie was in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania on August 19, 1812. He was the youngest son of Craig Ritchie Sr.[1] He 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.
Ritchie served a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1853 until 1859. At different points, he was a member of the Whig, Opposition and Republican parties.[2] [3]
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.[2] [3]
He was appointed associate judge of the court of common pleas of Allegheny 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]