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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeJosiah PATTERSON
(1837-1904)
PATTERSON, Josiah, (father
of Malcolm Rice Patterson), a Representative from Tennessee; born
in Morgan County, Ala., April 14, 1837; attended the common schools
and Somerville (Ala.) Academy; studied law; was admitted to the bar
and commenced the practice of law in Morgan County in 1859; entered
the Confederate Army in September 1861; commissioned a first
lieutenant in the First Regiment of Alabama Cavalry in 1862;
promoted to the rank of captain, then to colonel, and subsequently
assigned to the command of the Fifth Regiment of Alabama Cavalry;
resumed the practice of law; settled in Florence, Ala., in January
1867; moved to Memphis, Tenn., in March 1872 and continued the
practice of his profession; member of the State house of
representatives, 1883-1885; elected as a Democrat to the
Fifty-second, Fifty-third, and Fifty-fourth Congresses (March 4,
1891-March 3, 1897); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1896
to the Fifty-fifth Congress as a Gold Democrat; again resumed the
practice of his profession; died in Memphis, Shelby County, Tenn.,
February 10, 1904; interment in Forest Hill Cemetery.
Bibliography
Faries, Clyde J. “Carmack Versus Patterson: The Genesis of a
Political Feud.” Tennessee Historical Quarterly 38
(Fall 1979): 332-47.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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