V.B. Ritter

Van Buren Ritter

Full Name: Van Buren Ritter
Date of birth: July 17, 1839
Date of death: September 26, 1916

Terms of Service top

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 61 Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897 24th (1) (2) (3)   Populist McClanahan / Falls   Falls

(1) Populist. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(2) Discussion of populists elected to 24th Legislature, populist pluralities by county, and roster with party affiliation, "Official Returns," "The Next Legislature," The Galveston Daily News, 11/15/1894, p. 6, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(3) Populist. Roster, "News from Austin: Twenty-Fourth Legislature," The Galveston Daily News, 12/23/1894, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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House District 61
Jan 8, 1895 - Jan 12, 1897
Legislatures: 24th (1) (2) (3)  
Party: Populist
Home City/County: McClanahan / Falls
Counties in district: Falls

(1) Populist. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(2) Discussion of populists elected to 24th Legislature, populist pluralities by county, and roster with party affiliation, "Official Returns," "The Next Legislature," The Galveston Daily News, 11/15/1894, p. 6, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(3) Populist. Roster, "News from Austin: Twenty-Fourth Legislature," The Galveston Daily News, 12/23/1894, p. 2, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

  • RITTER, VAN BUREN (1839-1916). Handbook of Texas Online.
  • Van Buren Ritter, mentioned in biographical sketch of grandfather William Ritter Sr., Volume 2, p. 361. Includes family portrait. Tom Green County: Chronicles of Our Heritage, 2003.

Other Resources

  • Van Buren Ritter of McClanahan, Falls County, pp. 210-211, 296, 315, 406. The People's Revolt: Texas Populists and the Roots of American Liberalism, 2020.

Photographs

  • Photograph. V.B. Ritter, 24th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

Committee Information top

24th R.S. - 1895
Claims and Accounts  
Land Office, Special Joint Committee to Investigate Moving the  
Stock and Stock Raising  

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