Charles Edward Patterson (May 3, 1842 – February 22, 1913) was an American lawyer and politician.

Life

Charles E. Patterson was born in Corinth, Vermont on May 3, 1842, the son of Dr. James Hervey Patterson. He was educated at Castleton Seminary in Castleton, Vermont and Cambridge Academy in

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, and graduated from Union College in 1860. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced in Troy, New York where he became a partner in the firm of

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whose daughter he married. He was a member of the

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(Rensselaer Co., 1st D.) in

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and

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; and was elected Speaker on February 2, 1882, after a month-long struggle of the different factions of the Democratic Party. The rural Democrats and the

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had tried to oppose

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and Tammany Hall, but eventually came to terms. Charles E. Patterson died in Augusta, Georgia on February 22, 1913.

References

Speaker election and short bio
in ''NYT'' on February 3, 1882

at www.courts.state.ny.us Rensselaer County lawyers at Court History * 1842 births 1913 deaths Union College (New York) alumni Members of the New York State Assembly Speakers of the New York State Assembly People from Corinth, Vermont Politicians from Troy, New York 19th-century American politicians {{NewYork-NYAssembly-stub