Background
Ritter, Claude Dowd was born on August 2, 1880 in Carthage, North Carolina, United States. Son of William Lewis and Harriett (Dowd) R. Student public schools of North Carolina.
Ritter, Claude Dowd was born on August 2, 1880 in Carthage, North Carolina, United States. Son of William Lewis and Harriett (Dowd) R. Student public schools of North Carolina.
Legal education Wake Forest (North Carolina) College.
Admitted to North Carolina bar, 1903. Alabama bar, 1904, bar of Supreme Court of the United States Court, 1919. Practiced in Birmingham since 1904.
Senior partner Ritter, Wynn & Carmichael.
Baptism should be administered to those who can understand the Christian faith and the true meaning of the rite.
Member American, Alabama State Birmingham bar associations, Loyal Knights of Round Table (international president 1928-1929. Mason (Shriner).
Married Bessie Gunter, December 21, 1911. Children: Claude Dowd, Mary Elizabeth.