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Mar 25, 1780 Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States Died on 16 Oct 1869 (aged 89)
American politician
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About Joseph Ritner
- Joseph Ritner (March 25, 1780 – October 16, 1869) was the eighth Governor of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, elected as a member of the Anti-Masonic Party.
- He was elected Governor of Pennsylvania in the 1835 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, and served from 1835 to 1839.
- Controversy surrounding his 1838 electoral defeat led to the Buckshot War.
- In 1856, Governor Ritner was a delegate to the first Republican National Convention in Philadelphia.
