Biography

06/29/1860 - 06/17/1928

RITTER, Walter E., a Representative from Lycoming County; born, June 29, 1860 in Muncy Creek Township, Lycoming County, Pa.; graduated, Central State Normal School (now Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania), 1881; teacher; school principal (1882-1885); unsuccessful campaign, school superintendent, Lycoming County (1883); attorney-at-law (1886-1928); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1888; reelected to 2 consecutive terms thereafter; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1894); unsuccessful campaign, Auditor General of Pennsylvania (1897); manager, Daily Times, Williamsport (1898); unsuccessful campaign, District Attorney, Lycoming County (1901); died, June 17, 1928 in Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania; interred, Wildwood Cemetery, Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.