Edward White Patterson (October 4, 1895 – March 6, 1940) was a

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from 1935 to 1939.

Background

Born in Pittsburg, Kansas, Patterson attended local public schools. During the First World War, he served as a sergeant in the 35th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, from May 1917 to March 1919. After the war, he attended the

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. He graduated from the law department of the University of Kansas at Lawrence in 1922, and was

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the same year, commencing practice in Pittsburg, Kansas. He served as prosecuting attorney of Crawford County, Kansas from 1926 to 1928.

Congress

Patterson was elected as a

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to the Seventy-fourth and Seventy-fifth Congresses (January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1939). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938 to the Seventy-sixth Congress. He resumed the practice of law in Pittsburg, Kansas, until his death in

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on March 6, 1940. He was buried in Highland Park Cemetery, Pittsburg, Kansas.

References

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