| James W. Patterson | |||
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| Member of the United States House of Representatives | In office March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867 | ||
| Preceded by | Thomas M. Edwards | ||
| Succeeded by | Jacob Benton | ||
| United States Senator from New Hampshire | |||
In office March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1873 | |||
| Preceded by | George G. Fogg | ||
| Succeeded by | Bainbridge Wadleigh | ||
| Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives | |||
In office 1862 | |||
| Personal details | |||
| Born | James Willis Patterson July 2, 1823 Henniker, Merrimack County New Hampshire, USA | ||
| Died | May 4, 1893 (aged 69) Hanover, Grafton County New Hampshire, USA | ||
| Resting place | Dartmouth College Cemetery Hanover, Grafton County New Hampshire | ||
| Political party | Republican | ||
| Spouse(s) | Sarah Parker Wilder | ||
| Children | George Willis Patterson Arthur Hubert Patterson | ||
| Parents | William Pattersona Frances M. Shepard Patterson | ||
| Alma mater | Dartmouth College | ||
| Profession | Professor Politician | ||
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James Willis Patterson (July 2, 1823 – May 4, 1893) was an American politician and a United States Representative and Senator from New Hampshire.
Early life, education and family[]
Born in Henniker, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, he was the son of William and Frances M. Shepard Patterson.[1]
Patterson pursued classical studies, graduated from Dartmouth College in 1848,[2] and was principal of the Woodstock Academy in Connecticut for two years. He attended the Theological Seminary at New Haven, Connecticut, where he studied law.[3]
He married Sarah Parker Wilder and they had two children, George Willis Patterson and Arthur Hubert Patterson.[1]
Early career[]
Patterson was a professor of mathematics, astronomy, and meteorology at Dartmouth College from 1854 to 1865.[3]
Patterson was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1862.
U.S. Representative[]
Elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses Patterson was a United States Representative for the third district of New Hampshire from (March 4, 1863 - March 3, 1867). He was elected to the U.S. Senate and served from March 4, 1867, to March 3, 1873.
In the Senate he was chairman of the Committee on Enrolled Bills during the Forty-first Congress and a member of the Committee on the District of Columbia during the Forty-first and Forty-second Congresses.[4]
In 1873, Patterson was found to have given false testimony to both House and Senate Committees who recommended his expulsion from the Senate for bribery in the Crédit Mobilier Scandal. Patterson's term expired before further action could be taken.[5]
Later career[]
Patterson was a regent of the Smithsonian Institution and in 1877-1878 was again a member of the State house of representatives. He was State superintendent of public instruction from 1881 to 1893, and president of American Institute of Instruction.
Death[]
Patterson died in Hanover, Grafton County, New Hampshire, on May 4, 1893 (age 69 years, 306 days).[6] He is interred at Dartmouth College Cemetery, Hanover, New Hampshire.
The Patterson School, which was merged with the Garnett school in 1929 and then became Shaw Middle School at Garnett-Patterson, in Washington, DC was named in his honor because he sponsored the legislation creating a public school system for black students in Washington, DC. It was closed in 2013.
See also[]
- List of United States senators expelled or censured
- List of federal political scandals in the United States
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "James W. Patterson". 1997-2014 Ancestry.com. http://records.ancestry.com/james_w_patterson_records.ashx?pid=11837262.
- ↑ Dartmouth College (1890). General catalogue of Dartmouth college and the associated institutions: including the officers of government and instruction, graduates and all others who have received honorary degrees. 1890. p. 220. https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_3ElOAAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Smith, Baxter Perry (1878). The History of Dartmouth College. Houghton, Osgood, 1878. p. 871. https://archive.org/details/historyofdartmou00smitrich. Retrieved 30 June 2014. "James W Patterson at dartmouth college."
- ↑ Grossman, Mark (2003). Political Corruption in America: An Encyclopedia of Scandals, Power, and Greed. ABC-CLIO, 2003. pp. 253–255. https://archive.org/details/politicalcorrupt0000gros. Retrieved 30 June 2014. "james w patterson us senator."
- ↑ "The Expulsion Case of James W. Patterson of New Hampshire (1873) (Crédit Mobilier Scandal)". United States Senate. https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/expulsion_cases/064JamesPatterson_expulsion.htm.
- ↑ "An Ex-Senator's Death". Hanover, New Hampshire. 1893-05-05. p. 1. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67415096/an-ex-senators-death/.
External links[]
- James W. Patterson at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2009-5-12
- James W. Patterson at Find a Grave
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