Byron F. Ritchie

This article is about the U.S. Representative from Ohio. For the ice hockey player, see Byron Ritchie.

Byron Foster Ritchie


Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 9th district
In office March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895
Preceded by	Joseph H. Outhwaite
Succeeded by	James H. Southard
Personal details
Born	(1853-01-29)January 29, 1853 Grafton, Ohio
Died	August 22, 1928(1928-08-22) (aged 75) Toledo, Ohio
Resting place	Woodlawn Cemetery
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Kate I. Taylor
Children	one

Byron Foster Ritchie (January 29, 1853 – August 22, 1928) was a U.S. Representative from Ohio, son of James Monroe Ritchie.

Born in Grafton, Ohio, Ritchie moved with his parents to Toledo, Ohio, in 1860. He graduated from the Toledo High School in 1870. He studied law with his father,^[1] was admitted to the bar in 1874 and commenced practice in Toledo.

Ritchie was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third Congress (March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the Fifty-fourth Congress. He resumed the practice of law in Toledo, Ohio.

Ritchie was elected judge of the court of common pleas of Lucas County, Ohio, in 1914. He was reelected in 1916 and again in 1922, and served until his death in Toledo, Ohio, August 22, 1928. He was interred in Woodlawn Cemetery (Toledo, Ohio).

Ritchie married Kate I. Taylor April 11, 1878. They had a daughter named Violet B.^[1] Ritchie was a member of the Masons and B.P.O.E.^[1]

References

1 2 3 Neff, William B, ed. (1921). Bench and Bar of Northern Ohio History and Biography. Cleveland: The Historical Publishing Company. p. 620.

Sources

United States Congress. "Byron F. Ritchie (id: R000272)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Joseph H. Outhwaite	United States Representative from Ohio's 9th congressional district 1893–1895	Succeeded by James H. Southard

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 9th congressional district

Beecher Irvin Chaney Medill Florence Perrill Edwards Olds Green Watson Hall Carey Noble Buckland Dickinson Foster J. W. Robinson Poppleton Jones Converse J. S. Robinson Cooper Outhwaite Ritchie Southard Sherwood Chalmers Sherwood Chalmers White Duffey Hunter Ramey Burke Reams Ashley Weber Kaptur

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