Josiah Patterson

Josiah Patterson

Josiah Patterson (born April 14, 1837 in Morgan County , Alabama , †  February 10, 1904 in Memphis , Tennessee ) was an American politician . Between 1891 and 1897 he represented the state of Tennessee in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Josiah Patterson attended his home public schools and Somerville Academy . After a subsequent law degree and his admission to the bar in 1859, he began to work in Morgan County in his new profession. During the Civil War Patterson was an officer in the Confederate Army , where he made it to the rank of colonel. After the war he practiced again as a lawyer in Alabama, where he had been based in Florence since 1867 . In 1872, Patterson moved his residence and practice to Memphis, Tennessee. In his new home he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party .

Between 1883 and 1885 Patterson was a member of the House of Representatives from Tennessee . In the congressional elections of 1890 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the tenth constituency of his state , where he succeeded the late James Phelan on March 4, 1891 . After two re-elections, he was able to complete three legislative terms in Congress by March 3, 1897 . In 1896 he was not re-confirmed.

After leaving the US House of Representatives, Josiah Patterson practiced as a lawyer again. He died on February 10, 1904 in Memphis, where he was also buried. His son Malcolm (1861-1935) was also a member of Congress and from 1907 to 1911 Governor of Tennessee.

Web links

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

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