Ellis E. Patterson

Ellis E. Patterson

Ellis Ellwood Patterson (born November 28, 1897 in Yuba City , California , †  August 25, 1985 in Los Angeles , California) was an American politician . Between 1945 and 1947 he represented the state of California in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Ellis Patterson attended public schools in his home country. During World War I , he served in the US Navy in 1917 and 1918 . He then studied at the University of California at Berkeley until 1921 . In the following years he worked in the school service. Between 1922 and 1924 he was a teacher in Colusa County . He then served as a school councilor in Monterey County until 1932 . After studying law at Stanford University and the University of California and being admitted to the bar in 1937, he began working in this profession in Sacramento and Los Angeles. At the same time he struck a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . From 1932 to 1938 Patterson was a member of the California State Assembly . He was then Lieutenant Governor of California between 1938 and 1942 .

In the 1944 congressional elections , Patterson was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the 16th  electoral district of California , where he succeeded Will Rogers, who had since retired, on January 3, 1945 . Since he refused to run again in 1946, he could only complete one legislative period in Congress until January 3, 1947 . During this time the Second World War ended .

In 1946, Ellis Patterson unsuccessfully sought his party's nomination for the US Senate elections . Two years later he tried in vain to be re-elected to Congress. After his time in the US House of Representatives, he practiced as a lawyer again. He died in Los Angeles on August 25, 1985.

Web links

• Ellis E. Patterson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)