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Halsted Lockwood Ritter

Halsted Lockwood Ritter

Florida Southern District Court

Born 1868 in Indianapolis, IN

Died 1951

FJC ID: 2016

Halsted Lockwood Ritter (July 14, 1868 – October 15, 1951) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. He was the thirteenth individual to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives and the fourth individual to be convicted and removed from office in an impeachment trial before the United States Senate. He was also the last federal official to be impeached by the House of Representatives until Harry E. Claiborne (not counting Richard Nixon, who resigned before he was impeached), when he was impeached and removed from office by the Senate for tax evasion in 1936.

Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Private practice, West Palm Beach, Florida
    1925–1929
  2. Private practice, Denver, Colorado
    1895–1925
  3. Private practice, Indianapolis, Indiana
    1892–1895

Appointments

  1. Florida Southern District Court
    1929–1936 · Appointed by Calvin Coolidge (Republican)
    Term ended: Impeachment & Conviction

Education

  1. DePauw University
    A.M. · 1893
  2. DePauw University
    LL.B. · 1892
  3. DePauw University
    Ph.D. · 1891