LaFayette L. Patterson

LaFayette Lee Patterson (born August 23, 1888 near Delta , Clay County , Alabama , † March 3, 1987 in Birmingham , Jefferson County , Alabama) was an American teacher, businessman and politician ( Democratic Party ).

Career

LaFayette Lee Patterson attended village schools. Then he pursued agricultural activities and taught at village schools himself. He graduated from Jacksonville State Teachers' College in 1922, Birmingham-Southern College in 1924, and Stanford University in 1927 . During this time he was between 1924 and 1926 as Superintendent of Education for Tallapoosa County, Alabama.

Patterson also had a political career. He was elected to the 70th US Congress to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of William B. Bowling . Patterson was re-elected to the two subsequent US Congresses . In his candidacy in 1932 for a nomination for the 73rd US Congress , he suffered a defeat. He served in the US House of Representatives from November 6, 1928 to March 3, 1933. During this time he moved to Gadsden, Alabama in 1931 .

After the end of his tenure in the US Congress, he worked between 1933 and 1943 as a sales representative for the Agricultural Adjustment Administration . He then worked as a special assistant for the War Food Administration between 1943 and 1945 and as a special advisor to the Minister of Agriculture between 1945 and 1947.

Patterson served as a liaison officer for the Democratic National Committee in 1948 . He then held a position as a history assistant at Jacksonville State College between 1948 and 1951 . He took part in 1952 as a delegate ( at large ) to the Democratic National Convention . In the same year he moved to Raleigh ( North Carolina ), where he then worked as a tour operator. He returned to Alabama in 1965, where he resumed teaching. He settled in Montgomery .

Patterson died in Birmingham in 1987 and his body was transferred to New Site, Alabama, where he was buried in Bethlehem Cemetery .

Web links

• LaFayette L. Patterson in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• LaFayette L. Patterson in the database of Find a Grave (English)