Background
Rittenhouse, Elmer Ellsworth was born on June 9, 1861 in New York, United States. Son of Archibald S. and Susan (Sliker) Rittenhouse.
Rittenhouse, Elmer Ellsworth was born on June 9, 1861 in New York, United States. Son of Archibald S. and Susan (Sliker) Rittenhouse.
Public school education.
Went to Colorado, 1880. Railway telegrapher; superintendent telegraph, 1888-1891, assistant superintendent and superintendent telegraph, 1891-1894, Colorado Midland Railway. Went to of Korea, 1898, and engaged in railway construction, also special correspondent Paris and New York Herald.
Returned to the United States via China and Japan, 1899.
Special correspondent in Europe, 1902. Editor Daily Telegraph, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1902-1905.
Deputy superintendent of insurance, state of Colorado, 1905-1907. Commissioner of insurance, Colorado, 1907-1909.
President Provident Savings Life Assurance Society of New York, 1909-1912, and established 1st health bureau for policyholders, and free health examinations.
On president’s staff, Equitable Life Assurance Society, in charge health educational department, 1912-1914. President Life Extension Institute, New York, 1914-1916. Commissioner public service and conservation, Equitable Life Assurance Society United States, since 1916.
Home: Montclair, New Jersey.
Married Adelaide B. Helper, July 31, 1886.