He was the son of John P. Pitcher and Mary Olive Delia (Root) Pitcher. He graduated from
Watertown High School. He studied law in
Watertown in the offices of Joseph A. McConnell and later graduated from
Albany Law School. He was admitted to the bar in 1898. He married Louella Northup Cox (1876–1947). He was a member of the
New York State Senate (37th D.) from 1925 until his death in 1939, sitting in the
148th,
149th,
150th,
151st,
152nd,
153rd,
154th,
155th,
156th,
157th,
158th,
159th,
160th,
161st and
162nd New York State Legislatures. He was the
Republican Floor Leader at the
New York State Constitutional Convention of 1938 and was elected Temporary President of the State Senate at the beginning of the session, in 1939. Less than two months into the legislative session, he died in his hotel room in
Albany, New York. He was buried at the North Watertown Cemetery in
Watertown. ==References==