Biography

1875 - 12/01/1948


PATTEN, William B., a Representative from Philadelphia County; born, 1875 in Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pa.; painting contractor; employed, Board of Revision of Taxes, Philadelphia; employed, Recorder of Deeds office, Philadelphia; city real estate assessor, Philadelphia (1926-1937); employed, District Attorney’s office, Philadelphia County; chair, 37th Ward Republican Executive Committee (26 years); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to the 1947 term; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House for the 1949 term; died, December 1, 1948 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interred, Fernwood Cemetery and Mausoleum, Fernwood, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
 


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