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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—TennesseeMalcolm Rice PATTERSON
(1861-1935)
PATTERSON, Malcolm Rice,
(son of Josiah Patterson), a Representative from Tennessee; born in
Somerville, Morgan County, Ala., June 7, 1861; attended the common
schools; moved to Memphis, Tenn., with his parents in 1872; was
graduated from the Christian Brothers’ College, Memphis,
Tenn., and subsequently took courses at Vanderbilt University,
Nashville, Tenn.; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1883 and
commenced practice in Memphis, Tenn.; elected district attorney of
Shelby County in 1894 for a term of eight years but resigned on
September 10, 1900, having been nominated as a candidate for
Congress; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh, Fifty-eighth,
and Fifty-ninth Congresses and served from March 4, 1901, to
November 5, 1906, when he resigned, having been elected Governor of
Tennessee; reelected Governor in 1908, and served from January 17,
1907, to January 26, 1911; resumed the practice of his profession
in Memphis, Tenn.; unsuccessful candidate for election to the
United States Senate in 1915; appointed in 1923 and subsequently
elected judge of the first circuit court of Shelby County, Tenn.,
serving until his retirement September 1, 1934; unsuccessful
candidate for nomination for Governor in 1932; died while on a
visit to Sarasota, Fla., on March 8, 1935; interment in Forest Hill
Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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