Joseph Ritner
Joseph Ritner | |
|---|---|
| 8th Governor of Pennsylvania | |
| In office December 15, 1835 – January 15, 1839 | |
| Preceded by | George Wolf |
| Succeeded by | David R. Porter |
| 17th Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives | |
| In office 1826–1828 | |
| Preceded by | Joel Barlow Sutherland |
| Succeeded by | Ner Middleswarth |
| Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives | |
| In office 1820–1826 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 25, 1780 Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | October 16, 1869 (aged 89) Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican (before 1828) Anti-Masonic (1828–1839) Whig (1839–1854) Republican (1854–1869) |
| Spouse |
Susan Alter
(m. 1801; died 1852) |
| Profession | Farmer |
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Joseph Ritner (March 25, 1780 – October 16, 1869) was the eighth governor of Pennsylvania, and was a member of the Anti-Masonic Party. Elected governor during the 1835 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, he served from 1835 to 1839.
Controversy surrounding his defeat in the 1838 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election sparked the Buckshot War.
In 1856, Governor Ritner served as a delegate to the first Republican National Convention in Philadelphia.