John Patterson (February 10, 1771 – February 7, 1848) was a member of the

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from

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for one term from 1823 to 1825.

Biography

John Patterson (half brother of

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congressman Thomas Patterson) was born in Little Britain Township in the

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. He moved with his parents to Pattersons Mills, Pennsylvania,

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, in 1778. He attended the common schools, and moved to St. Clairsville, Ohio. He engaged in mercantile pursuits and served as the first mayor of St. Clairsville in 1807 and 1808. He was a member of the

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in 1807 and 1808. He served in the

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from 1815 to 1818. He was associate judge of the court of common pleas of

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, from February 1810 to February 1815. Ohio

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in 1816 for

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. He was elected as an Adams-Clay Republican to the Eighteenth Congress. He was engaged in the hardware business and in agricultural pursuits.

Death

He died in St. Clairsville in 1848. Interment in Union Cemetery.

Sources

The Political Graveyard
{{DEFAULTSORT:Patterson, John 1771 births 1848 deaths Members of the Ohio House of Representatives Ohio state senators Politicians from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania People from St. Clairsville, Ohio 1816 United States presidential electors Democratic-Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio