Joseph Ritner
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Joseph Ritner (1780-1869) was the eighth governor of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, elected as a member of the Anti-Masonic Party he 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.
Governor Ritner has a residence hall named in his honor on the University Park campus of Penn State .
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| Preceded by: George Wolf |
Governor of Pennsylvania 1835–1839 |
Succeeded by: David Rittenhouse Porter |
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