Edward White Patterson
Edward White Patterson (born October 4, 1895 in Pittsburg , Crawford County , Kansas , † March 6, 1940 in Weir , Kansas) was an American politician . Between 1935 and 1939 he represented the third constituency of the state of Kansas in the US House of Representatives .
Career
Edward Patterson attended public schools in his home country. During the First World War he was used as a sergeant in the US Army in France . On his return he studied at the University of Chicago . After a subsequent law degree at the law school of the University of Kansas at Lawrence and his admission as a lawyer in 1922, he began to work in Pittsburg in his new profession.
Patterson was a member of the Democratic Party . Between 1926 and 1928 he was a district attorney in Crawford County. In 1934 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the Third District of Kansas . There he took over from Harold C. McGugin of the Republican Party on January 3, 1935 . He had beaten this one in the election. After a re-election in 1936, he was able to complete two terms in Congress until January 3, 1939 .
In the 1938 election, Patterson was defeated by Republican Thomas Daniel Winter . Then he worked as a lawyer again. Edward Patterson died on March 6, 1940 in Weir and was buried in his hometown of Pittsburg.
Web links
- Edward White Patterson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
- Edward White Patterson in the database of Find a Grave (English)
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SURNAME | Patterson, Edward White |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 4, 1895 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Pittsburg , Kansas |
DATE OF DEATH | March 6, 1940 |
Place of death | Weir , Kansas |