Nat Patton
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Nat Patton (February 26, 1884- July 27, 1957) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from the 7th District of Texas from 1935 to 1945.
Patton was born on a farm near tiny Tadmor in Houston County near Crockett in east Texas. He attended rural schools and Sam Houston Normal School in Huntsville. He taught in the rural and high schools from 1899-1918. He was elected to the Texas House of Representatives in 1912, attended law school at the University of Texas at Austin, was admitted to the bar in 1918, and began his law practice in Crockett.
During the World War I, Patton enlisted in the United States Army but was never sworn in because the armistice was signed. Patton was elected in 1918 as county judge of Houston County and served until 1922. He served in the Texas State Senate from 1929-1934. He was also a delegate to the Texas Democratic state conventions in 1924 and 1935. In 1934, Patton was elected to the Seventy-fourth and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1935-January 3, 1945); He was defeated for renomination in 1944 by Tom Pickett, Patton resumed the practice of law and died in Crockett and is interred there in Evergreen Memorial Park.
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| Preceded by August Haxthausen |
Member of the Texas House of Representatives from District 24 (Crockett) 1913–1915 |
Succeeded by John Hairston |
| Preceded by Henry L. Lewis |
Texas State Senator from District 5 (Crockett) 1929–1935 |
Succeeded by Gordon M. Burns |
| Preceded by Clark W. Thompson |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas's 7th congressional district 1935–1945 |
Succeeded by Tom Pickett |
