Barren-Christian County KyArchives Biographies.....Ritter, Burwell January 6, 1810 - October 1, 1880
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Source: Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
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RITTER, Burwell Clark (uncle of Walter Evans), a Representative from Kentucky; 
born near Russellville, Barren County, Ky., January 6, 1810; received a 
limited schooling; member of the State house of representatives in 1842 and 
1850; presidential elector on the Democratic ticket of McClellan and Pendleton 
in 1864; elected as a Conservative to the Thirty-ninth Congress (March 4, 
1865-March 3, 1867); was not a candidate for re-nomination in 1866; engaged in 
agricultural pursuits; died in Hopkinsville, Christian County, Ky., October 1, 
1880; interment in Hopewell (later known as Riverside) Cemetery, Hopkinsville, 
Ky.

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