John Patterson (Ohio)

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John Patterson (February 10, 1771–February 7, 1848) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio.

John Patterson (half brother of Pennsylvania congressman Thomas Patterson) was born in Little Britain Township, Pennsylvania. He moved with his parents to Pattersons Mills, Cross Creek Township, Pennsylvania, in 1778. He attended the common schools, and moved to St. Clairsville, Ohio. He engaged in mercantile pursuits and served as the first mayor of St. Clairsville in 1807 and 1808. He was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives in 1807 and 1808. He served in the Ohio State Senate from 1815 to 1818. He was associate judge of the court of common pleas of Belmont County, Ohio, from February 1810 to February 1815. He was elected as an Adams-Clay Republican to the Eighteenth Congress. He was engaged in the hardware business and in agricultural pursuits. He died in St. Clairsville in 1848. Interment in Union Cemetery.

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• John Patterson at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• The Political Graveyard

Ohio House of Representatives
Preceded by Josiah Dillon John Stewart	Representative from Belmont County 1807–1808 Served alongside: William Vance	Succeeded by Edward Bryson Joseph Sharp Isaac Vore
Ohio Senate
Preceded by Charles Hammond	Senator from Belmont County 1815–1819	Succeeded by David Jennings
United States House of Representatives
New district	Representative from Ohio's 10th congressional district 1823-03-04 – 1825-03-03	Succeeded by David Jennings