Ritner Tunnel
Ritner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Joseph Ritner (1780–1869), American politician *Robert K. Ritner (born 1953), American Egyptologist * R. W. Ritner, a president of Western Tri-State League See also *Ritter (surname) __NOTOC__ Ritter is a surname, and may refer to: People A * Alexander Ritter (1833–1896), German composer, violinist, and conductor *Alison Ritter, Australian drug policy academic * August Ritter (civil engineer) (1826–1908), German civil en ...

Joseph Ritner
Joseph Ritner (March 25, 1780 – October 16, 1869) was the eighth Governor of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and was a member of the Anti-Masonic Party. Elected Governor of Pennsylvania during the 1835 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, he served from 1835 to 1839. Controversy surrounding his defeat in the 1838 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election sparked the Buckshot War. In 1856, Governor Ritner served as a delegate to the first Republican National Convention in Philadelphia. Early life Ritner was born in Reading, Pennsylvania on March 25, 1780. His parents were of German heritage, and Ritner was primarily self-educated, including learning to read and write in English, while also acquiring a working knowledge of German. He moved to Cumberland County as a teenager, where he worked as a farm hand and laborer until he purchased a farm of his own in Washington County. In 1801, Ritner married Susan Alter, and they were the parents of 10 children. The Washington County f ...
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Robert K
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ...
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