James Thomas Patterson (October 20, 1908 – February 7, 1989) was a
U.S. Representative
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from
Connecticut
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.
Born in
Naugatuck, Connecticut, Patterson attended the public schools.
He was graduated from
Peekskill
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(New York)
Military Academy
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in 1929 and from
Georgetown University
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,
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, in 1933.
He was in the
University of Miami
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,
Coral Gables, Florida
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, B.A., in 1934, and from National University Law School (now
George Washington University
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, 1939.
While attending school worked for the Connecticut highway department from 1924 to 1933, U.S. Rubber Company in 1934, for the United States Department of Labor 1934–1937, for the Social Security Board in 1937 and 1938, and for the
United States Treasury
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1938–1940.
He served with the
United States Marine Corps
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and the Office of Strategic Services from September 1941 until discharged as a major in July 1946, with overseas service in the African and European Theaters and in India, Burma, and China.
Patterson was elected as a
Republican to the
Eightieth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1959). Patterson voted in favor of the
Civil Rights Act of 1957
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.
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1958 to the
Eighty-sixth Congress, for election in 1960 to the
Eighty-seventh Congress, and in 1970 to the
Ninety-second Congress.
He was a resident of
Bethlehem, Connecticut, until his death in
Camden, New Jersey
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, on February 7, 1989.
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1908 births
1989 deaths
Patterson, James T.
National University School of Law alumni
University of Miami alumni
United States Marine Corps officers
People of the Office of Strategic Services
Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Connecticut
20th-century American politicians
People from Naugatuck, Connecticut
People from Bethlehem, Connecticut
Military personnel from Connecticut