Biography

07/13/1767 - 06/30/1842

RITSCHER, John Adam, a Representative from Lebanon County; born, July 13, 1767 in Lebanon, Lancaster County (now, Lebanon County), Pa.; lieutenant colonel, 2^nd Regiment, First Brigade, Pennsylvania Militia (1814-1815, War of 1812); woolen hat manufacturer; elected, coroner, Lebanon County (1813-1815); president, Lebanon Fire Company; unsuccessful campaign, Pennsylvania House of Representatives (1817, 1821); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1818-1819, 1819-1820 and 1822-1823 terms; elected, council, Lebanon (1821); elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1824-1826); appointed, prothonotary, Lebanon County (1830-1836); died, June 30, 1842 in Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; interred, Old Salem Lutheran Graveyard, Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania; removed to Mount Lebanon Cemetery, Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.