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Burwell Clark Ritter
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kentucky's 2nd district
In office
March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867
Preceded byGeorge H. Yeaman
Succeeded byWilliam N. Sweeney
Personal details
Born(1810-01-06)January 6, 1810
Russellville, Kentucky, U.S.
DiedOctober 1, 1880(1880-10-01) (aged 70)
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.

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Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byGeorge H. Yeaman Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kentucky's 2nd congressional district
March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867 		Succeeded byWilliam N. Sweeney
Kentucky's delegation(s) to the 39th United States Congress (ordered by seniority)
39th Senate: ▌G. Davis (U) · ▌J. Guthrie (D) House:


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