James Patterson

James Patterson

Member

Photo credit:

McAtee, William, comp. Souvenir: Portraits and Biographies of the Members of the Legislature of Pennsylvania and Heads of Departments, Session of 1895. Harrisburg, Pa.: The Roshon Portrait Company, 1895.

Sessions

Sessions Office Position District Party
1895-1896 Representative Republican
1897-1898 Representative Republican
Counties Bucks

Biography

06/19/1843 - 04/25/1914


PATTERSON, James, a Representative from Bucks County; born, June 19, 1843 in Wrightstown Township, Bucks County, Pa.; graduated, School of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, Trenton, NJ, 1878; private, Company H, 65th Regiment, 5th Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry (1864-1865, Civil War); farmer; veterinarian; elected, school director, Bristol, Pa.; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1894 and 1896; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1898); assistant deputy collector, United States Internal Revenue Service; died, April 25, 1914 in Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania; interred, Bristol Cemetery, Bristol, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.


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