James Patterson (March 25, 1794 – May 2, 1867) was an American
Democratic Party politician from
New Jersey, who served as director of the
Monmouth County, New Jersey Board of Chosen Freeholders
Monmouth County, New Jersey, is governed by a Board of County Commissioners, who choose a director from among themselves. Prior to January 1st, 2021 this position was known as the Board of Chosen Freeholders.
Pursuant to legislation passed in 1 ...
and the
New Jersey Legislative Council.
Biography
A son of
Jehu Patterson Jehu Patterson (1765–1851) was an American Democratic Party politician, who represented Monmouth County in the New Jersey Legislative Council, the precursor to the New Jersey State Senate.
Jehu Patterson was born on December 14, 1765, in Mid ...
, James Patterson was born in
Middletown Township, New Jersey on March 25, 1794.
Elected as a Democrat to the Legislative Council in 1841, Patterson served through 1844; that year he was elected Vice President of Council, a position held a decade earlier by his father.
In 1845, Patterson was elected to the Board of Chosen Freeholders representing Middletown Township. At the May 14, 1851 annual reorganization, he was chosen as
, and served as Director through May 9, 1855 when he left the board.
Patterson returned to the
state legislature
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Two federations literally use the term "state legislature":
* The legislative branches of each of the fifty state governments of the United Sta ...
in 1860, when he was elected to the
General Assembly; he was reelected in 1861.
[''Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 1926''; Thomas F. Fitzgerald]
James Patterson died on May 2, 1867.
Five sons would serve in public office, namely,
Jehu,
James and
C. Ewing, who each would serve as
county clerk
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;
John,
sheriff
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; and
Samuel
Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the bibl ...
, freeholder.
See also
*
List of Monmouth County Freeholder Directors
Notes and references
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1867 deaths
Members of the New Jersey Legislative Council
County commissioners in New Jersey
Democratic Party members of the New Jersey General Assembly
People from Middletown Township, New Jersey
Politicians from Monmouth County, New Jersey
1794 births
19th-century American legislators
19th-century New Jersey politicians