Roscoe C. Patterson

Roscoe Conkling Patterson (born September 15, 1876 in Springfield , Missouri , † October 22, 1954 ibid) was an American politician ( Republican Party ) who represented the state of Missouri in both chambers of Congress .

Roscoe Patterson, named after Roscoe Conkling , a US Senator from New York , first attended public and private schools and later Drury College in Springfield and finally the University of Missouri in Columbia . He graduated from Washington University's law school in St. Louis in 1897 . That same year he was inducted into the bar, after which he began practicing law in Springfield.

From 1903 to 1907 Patterson served as a prosecutor in Greene County . His political career began with the election to the United States House of Representatives , in which he moved on March 4, 1921 as representative of the 7th Congressional constituency of Missouri. He spent a two-year term there, but failed in the attempt to re-elect the Democrat Samuel C. Major and then worked again as a lawyer in Springfield.

In the 1924 presidential election , Patterson sat for Missouri in Electoral College , which incumbent Calvin Coolidge confirmed for a full four years. In 1925 he moved to Kansas City ; that same year he became a federal attorney for the western district of Missouri. He resigned from this post in 1929 after being elected US Senator. After a six-year term in office, he resigned from the Senate on January 3, 1935, after another failed attempt at re-election. With 59 percent to 39 percent of the vote, he lost significantly to the Democrat Harry S. Truman , who later became US President . During the Great Depression , Republicans had lost massive support; the Democrats under President Franklin D. Roosevelt raised hopes for a better future in the population.

Patterson then ended his political career and concentrated on his practice as a lawyer in Springfield, where he died in 1954.

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SURNAME	Patterson, Roscoe C.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Patterson, Roscoe Conkling (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician (Republican Party)
DATE OF BIRTH	September 15, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH	Springfield , Missouri
DATE OF DEATH	October 22, 1954
Place of death	Springfield , Missouri