district succeeded death_date death_place children birth_place party term_end preceded birth_date term_start spouse image article_title state name restingplace
9th james h. southard 22 august 1928 toledo , ohio one grafton , ohio democratic march 3 , 1895 joseph h. outhwaite 29 january 1853 march 4 , 1893 kate i. taylor byron foster ritchie.jpg byron f. ritchie
 ohio byron foster ritchie woodlawn cemetery
byron f. ritchie

byron foster ritchie -lrb- january 29 , 1853 - august 22 , 1928 -rrb- was a u.s. representative from ohio , son of james monroe ritchie .
born in grafton , ohio , ritchie moved with his parents to toledo , ohio , in 1860 .
he graduated from the toledo high school in 1870 .
he studied law with his father , was admitted to the bar in 1874 and commenced practice in toledo .
ritchie was elected as a democrat to the fifty-third congress -lrb- march 4 , 1893-march 3 , 1895 -rrb- .
he was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1894 to the fifty-fourth congress .
he resumed the practice of law in toledo , ohio .
ritchie was elected judge of the court of common pleas of lucas county , ohio , in 1914 .
he was reelected in 1916 and again in 1922 , and served until his death in toledo , ohio , august 22 , 1928 .
he was interred in woodlawn cemetery -lrb- toledo , ohio -rrb- .
ritchie married kate i. taylor april 11 , 1878 .
they had a daughter named violet b. ritchie was a member of the masons and b.p.o.e.
