John Patton (1823-1897)
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John Patton was a U.S. Representative from the U.S. state
of Pennsylvania
. He was the father of Charles Emory Patton
, also a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (1911–1914), and John Patton Jr., a U.S. Senator from Michigan
(1893–1894), and the uncle of William Irvin Swoope
, also a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (1923–1926).
Patton was born in Covington Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania
and moved to Curwensville, Pennsylvania
in 1828. He attended the public schools and engaged in mercantile pursuits and lumbering 1844-1860.
He organized the First National Bank of Curwensville in 1864 and was elected its president. He the organized the Curwensville Bank, and was elected its president.
He was a delegate to the Whig National Convention in 1852
and to the National Convention
in 1860
.
Patton was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-seventh Congress, serving from March 4, 1861 to March 3, 1863. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1862
. He was again elected to the Fiftieth Congress, serving from March 4, 1887 to March 3, 1889. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1888
, after which he resumed banking.
Patton died in Philadelphia
, aged 74, where he had gone for medical treatment, and was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery, in Curwensville, Pennsylvania
.
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
. He was the father of Charles Emory Patton
Charles Emory Patton
Charles Emory Patton was a U.S. Representative from the state of Pennsylvania. He was the son of John Patton and the brother of John Patton, Jr.....
, also a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (1911–1914), and John Patton Jr., a U.S. Senator from Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
(1893–1894), and the uncle of William Irvin Swoope
William Irvin Swoope
William Irvin Swoope was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.Swoope was born in Clearfield, Pennsylvania. He attended The Hill School in Pottstown, PA and Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, and graduated from the law department of Harvard University...
, also a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (1923–1926).
Patton was born in Covington Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania
Covington Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania
Covington Township is a township in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The population was 1,047 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
and moved to Curwensville, Pennsylvania
Curwensville, Pennsylvania
Curwensville is a borough located in Clearfield County, Pennsylvaniain the United States of America, northwest of Altoona on the West Branch Susquehanna River. Coal mining, tanning, and the manufacture of fire bricks were the industries at the turn of the 20th century. In 1900, 1,937 people lived...
in 1828. He attended the public schools and engaged in mercantile pursuits and lumbering 1844-1860.
He organized the First National Bank of Curwensville in 1864 and was elected its president. He the organized the Curwensville Bank, and was elected its president.
He was a delegate to the Whig National Convention in 1852
1852 Whig National Convention
The 1852 Whig National Convention was a quadrennial United States presidential nominating convention of the Whig Party. The convention adopted the party's national platform and nominated General Winfield Scott as its candidate for President of the United States and Secretary of the Navy William A....
and to the National Convention
1860 Republican National Convention
The 1860 National Convention of the Republican Party of the United States, held in Chicago, Illinois at the Wigwam, nominated former U.S. Representative Abraham Lincoln of Illinois for President and U.S. Senator Hannibal Hamlin of Maine for Vice President...
in 1860
United States presidential election, 1860
The United States presidential election of 1860 was a quadrennial election, held on November 6, 1860, for the office of President of the United States and the immediate impetus for the outbreak of the American Civil War. The nation had been divided throughout the 1850s on questions surrounding the...
.
Patton was elected as a Republican to the Thirty-seventh Congress, serving from March 4, 1861 to March 3, 1863. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1862
United States House election, 1862
Elections to the United States House of Representatives were held in 1862, mostly in November, in the middle of President Abraham Lincoln's first term...
. He was again elected to the Fiftieth Congress, serving from March 4, 1887 to March 3, 1889. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1888
United States House election, 1888
The U.S. House election, 1888 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1888 which coincided with the election of President Benjamin Harrison....
, after which he resumed banking.
Patton died in Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...
, aged 74, where he had gone for medical treatment, and was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery, in Curwensville, Pennsylvania
Curwensville, Pennsylvania
Curwensville is a borough located in Clearfield County, Pennsylvaniain the United States of America, northwest of Altoona on the West Branch Susquehanna River. Coal mining, tanning, and the manufacture of fire bricks were the industries at the turn of the 20th century. In 1900, 1,937 people lived...
.