US Congressman. He was born (his siblings included, Conrad Smithman Ittner, Martin Ittner, Benjamin Ittner, John Ittner, Mary Ittner, George Ittner, and Nicholas Ittner), to John Ittner and Anna Maria "Mary" Frietag (Friday), in Lebanon, Ohio, and later moved with his parents to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1844, and he was educated locally in public common schools. Following his education, he became interested in the business of bricklaying and later engaged in the brick manufacturing business. His father passed away in 1852 and his mother remarried a second time to Daniel Spore in 1856 which resulted in two more siblings (Henry Clay Spore and Frank Spore). On February 27, 1862, he married Mary Isabelle Butts in St. Louis, Missouri, and the couple would have nine children together (Nellie Manning Ittner was born in 1862, William Butts Ittner was born in 1864, Benjamin F. Ittner Sr. was born in 1866, George W. Ittner was born in 1869, Mary Isabelle Ittner was born in 1875, Warren Wayne Ittner was born in 1876, Anne R. Ittner was born in 1880, and Millie B. Ittner was born in 1883). He then became a Member of the Enrolled Missouri Militia and then served as a Member of the City Council of St. Louis, Missouri, in 1867 and again in 1868. Furthering his interests in politics, he then served as a Member of the Missouri State House of Representatives from 1868 to 1870, and as a Member of the Missouri State Senate representing the 30th District from 1870 to 1876. Following his resignation from the Missouri State Senate in November of 1876, he then decided to run for a seat in the United States Congress and was elected to a seat that same year. A Member of the Republican Party, he then served Missouri's 1st District (Forty-Fifth Congress) in the United States House of Representatives from 1877 to 1879. He declined to be a Candidate for renomination in 1878. After his term in the United States Congress, he was succeeded in office by United States Representative Martin Linn Clardy. After leaving politics he resumed his interests in the brick manufacturing business and he was also the President of the National Association of Builders and President of the National Bank Manufacturers' Association. He retired from the brick manufacturing business in 1917 and lived in retirement in St. Louis, Missouri, until his death. He passed away from pneumonia on February 22, 1931, at the age of 93, at his home in St. Louis, Missouri. His funeral was held at the Church of the Unity in that city, and he was buried in the famous Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri. His wife Mary passed away on March 21, 1924, at the age of 83, and is buried with her husband. His son William Butts Ittner became a successful architect who designed several noteworthy buildings in the St. Louis, Missouri, area, and around the United States.