Nat Patton

Nat Patton (1938)

Nat Patton (born February 26, 1881 in Tadmor , Houston County , Texas , †  July 27, 1957 in Crockett , Texas) was an American politician . Between 1935 and 1945 he represented the state of Texas in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Nat Patton attended his home public schools and the Sam Houston Normal School in Huntsville . Between 1899 and 1918 he worked as a teacher at various schools. He also worked in agriculture in Houston County in 1915 and 1916. At the same time he began a political career as a member of the Democratic Party . Patton was a member of the Texas House of Representatives in 1912 and 1913 . After studying law at the University of Texas at Austin and being admitted to the bar in 1918, he began working in this profession in Crockett. He served as a district judge in Houston County from 1918 to 1922. In 1924 and 1935 he was a delegate to the respective regional Democratic party conventions in Texas. From 1929 to 1934 he was a member of the Texas Senate .

In the 1934 congressional elections , Patton was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the seventh constituency of Texas , where he succeeded Clark W. Thompson on January 3, 1935 . After four re-elections, he was able to complete five legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1945 . During his tenure in Congress, most of the federal government's New Deal laws were passed under President Franklin D. Roosevelt . Since 1941, the work of the Congress was also shaped by the events of World War II .

In 1944 Patton was no longer nominated for re-election by his party. After his time in the US House of Representatives, he practiced as a lawyer again. He died on July 27, 1957 in Crockett, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Nat Patton in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Nat Patton in the database of Find a Grave (English)