Harold Patten

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Harold Ambrose Patten (born October 6, 1907 in Husted , El Paso County , Colorado , † September 6, 1969 in Tucson , Arizona ) was an American politician . Between 1949 and 1955 he represented the second constituency of the state of Arizona in the US House of Representatives .

Early years

Patten came to Tucson as early as 1916. Until 1930 he studied at the University of Arizona . He was a physical education teacher at Tucson High School in 1931 and 1932 . Between 1933 and 1933 he was director of the Recreation Department for the City of Tucson and its schools. From 1939 to 1940 he held this office at the state level as a recreational commissioner for the Arizona government. In August 1940, before the USA entered World War II , Patten became a member of the US Army . In 1941 he was transferred to the Army Air Corps. During the war, he served in North Africa and Italy for 31 months . On November 21, 1945 he was discharged from active military service as a major. But he became a member of the reserve of the US Air Force, which was founded two years later . On November 1, 1960, he resigned as a lieutenant colonel from the reserve.

Political career

Between 1946 and 1948 Patten was a representative of a life insurance company. Politically, he became a member of the Democratic Party , as its candidate he was elected to the US House of Representatives in the 1948 congressional elections. There he replaced Richard F. Harless . After he was confirmed in office in the following two congressional elections, Harold Patten was able to represent the second constituency of Arizona in Congress between January 3, 1949 and January 3, 1955 . In 1954, he refused to run again.

In 1961, he ran unsuccessfully for his party's nomination to return to Congress. During this time he was again active in the insurance sector. In 1965 he became head of the Federal Labor Agency in Oregon ( Federal Job Corps Center ). Harold Patten died in 1969. He donated his remains to the University of Arizona Medical School for research.

Web links

  • Harold Patten in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)