John Denniston Patton

John Denniston Patton (November 28, 1829 – February 22, 1904) was a U.S. Representative from the state of Pennsylvania.

Patton was born in Indiana, Pennsylvania and attended the public schools there. He worked in a tannery for several years and then engaged in mercantile pursuits in Indiana, Pennsylvania. He was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth Congress, serving from March 4, 1883 to March 3, 1885. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1884, after which he retired from public life. Patton died in Indiana, Pennsylvania and is interred in Oakland Cemetery there.

Sources

John Denniston Patton at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
The Political Graveyard

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by James Mosgrove	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district 1883 - 1885	Succeeded by Alexander C. White

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Name	Patton, John Denniston
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Short description	American politician
Date of birth	November 28, 1829
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Date of death	February 22, 1904
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