John Patterson (politician)

John Patterson (born February 10, 1771 in Little Britain , Lancaster County , Province of Pennsylvania , †  February 7, 1848 in St. Clairsville , Ohio ) was an American politician . Between 1823 and 1825 he represented the state of Ohio in the US House of Representatives .

Career

John Patterson was a half-brother of Congressman Thomas Patterson (1764-1856) from Pennsylvania. Between 1823 and 1825 both brothers sat together in the House of Representatives. John Patterson was born in the hamlet of Little Britain. In 1778 he and his parents moved to Pattersons Mills, Washington County , where he attended public schools. He later moved to St. Clairsville, Ohio, where he worked in commerce. In 1807 and 1808 he was the first mayor of his new hometown. Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Republican Party . Also in 1807 and 1808 he was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives ; between 1815 and 1818 it belonged to theState Senate . Between 1810 and 1815 he was an associate judge on the Appeals Court in Belmont County . In the presidential election of 1816 he was the electorate for James Monroe . In the 1820s he joined the movement against future President Andrew Jackson . He supported John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay .

In the congressional elections of 1822 Patterson was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the then newly established tenth constituency of Ohio , where he took up his new mandate on March 4, 1823. Until March 3, 1825, he was able to complete a legislative period in Congress . After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Patterson worked in the hardware store and agriculture. He died on February 7, 1848 in St. Clairsville, where he was also buried.

Web links

• John Patterson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• John Patterson in the database of Find a Grave (English)