George Washington Patterson

George Washington Patterson

George Washington Patterson (born November 11, 1799 in Londonderry , Rockingham County , New Hampshire , †  October 15, 1879 in Westfield , New York ) was an American politician . He represented New York State in the US House of Representatives and was its Vice Governor .

George Patterson graduated from Pinkerton Academy in Derry . He then moved to New York, where he first settled in Genesee County in 1818 and earned his living with the manufacture of grain swing arms. From 1825 he lived in Leicester , where he worked in agriculture and also held some public offices, including that of justice of the peace.

In 1832 Patterson moved as a representative of Livingston County for the first time in the New York State Assembly , which he also belonged to in 1833 and from 1835 to 1840. In the years 1839 and 1840 he was speaker of the parliamentary chamber; at that time he was a member of the Whigs . In 1841 he moved to Westfield and worked there for the General Land Office based in Chautauqua . In 1846 he took part in the Constitutional Convention of New York before he was from 1849 to 1850 as Lieutenant Governor of the state under Governor Hamilton Fish .

In the years that followed, Patterson held various offices at the local level. From 1855 to 1857 he was chairman of the New York Harbor Commission and, in 1859, Quarantine Commissioner in New York Harbor in 1859. He was also president of the local education committee for several years. In 1856 and 1860, after joining the Republicans , he attended the Republican National Convention as a delegate . Finally he was elected to Congress in old age , where he remained as a representative of the 33rd Congressional electoral  district of New York from March 4, 1877 to March 3, 1879. That same year, George Patterson died in Westfield.

His older brother William and his nephew Augustus Frank also sat in the House of Representatives for New York State.

Web links

• George Washington Patterson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• George Washington Patterson in the database of Find a Grave (English)