John J. Patterson

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John James Patterson

United States Senator from South Carolina
In office March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1879
Preceded by	Frederick A. Sawyer
Succeeded by	Wade Hampton III
Personal details
Born	(1830-08-08)August 8, 1830 Juniata County, Pennsylvania
Died	September 28, 1912(1912-09-28) (aged 82) Mifflintown, Pennsylvania
Political party	Republican

John James Patterson (August 8, 1830 – September 28, 1912) was a businessman and United States Senator from South Carolina. Born in Waterloo, Pennsylvania, he grew up there and attended the public schools, and then attended Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. During the 1850s he engaged in newspaper and banking businesses in Pennsylvania; he was publisher of the Juniata Sentinel in 1852 and became editor and part owner of the Harrisburg Telegraph in 1853. He first entered politics in 1854 when he was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, in which he served until 1856.

In 1861, when the Civil War began, he joined the United States Army and served as a captain in the Fifteenth U.S. (regular) Infantry. Meanwhile, he ran for a seat in the United States House of Representatives in 1862, but was unsuccessful.

After the war Patterson moved to Columbia, South Carolina and engaged in railroad construction. He again entered politics and in 1873 was elected by the South Carolina Legislature to the U.S. Senate as a Republican. He was criticized by many in South Carolina for being a carpetbagger. Patterson was the chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor from 1875 to 1877 and a member of the committee on territories from 1877 to 1879. By the time his term ended in 1879, Reconstruction had ended and the Democrats had taken nearly all power in South Carolina, so Patterson had no hope of reelection. He continued to live in Washington, D.C. after leaving the Senate and engaged in financial enterprises.

He once said "there are still years of good stealing in South Carolina"^[1]

In 1886 he moved to Mifflintown, Pennsylvania where he lived until his death. He continued to be active in business, particularly in running a company that installed electric lightbulbs. He is buried in the Westminster Presbyterian Cemetery.

References

↑ Yates Snowden and Harry Gardner Cutler, History of South Carolina, Volume 2

United States Senate
Preceded by Frederick A. Sawyer	U.S. Senator (Class 3) from South Carolina 1873–1879 Served alongside: Thomas J. Robertson, Matthew C. Butler	Succeeded by Wade Hampton, III

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Class 2	P. Butler Hunter Pinckney Sumter Taylor W. Smith R. Hayne Calhoun Huger Calhoun Elmore Barnwell Rhett De Saussure Evans A. Hayne Chesnut Robertson M. Butler Tillman Benet Pollock Dial Blease Byrnes Lumpkin Peace Maybank Daniel Thurmond Wofford Thurmond Graham

Class 3	Izard Read Colhoun P. Butler Gaillard Harper W. Smith Miller Preston McDuffie A. Butler Hammond Sawyer Patterson Hampton Irby Earle McLaurin Latimer Gary E. Smith Hall Johnston Russell Hollings DeMint Scott

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Persondata
Name	Patterson, John
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	August 8, 1830
Place of birth	Juniata County, Pennsylvania
Date of death	September 28, 1912
Place of death	Mifflintown, Pennsylvania

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