John Patton (January 6, 1823 – December 23, 1897) was a

U.S. Representative The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they c ...

from the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. He was the father of

Charles Emory Patton Charles Emory Patton (July 5, 1859 – December 15, 1937) was a U.S. Representative from the state of Pennsylvania. He was the son of John Patton and the brother of John Patton, Jr. Patton was born in Curwensville, Pennsylvania and attend ...

, also a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (1911–1915), and

John Patton Jr. John Patton Jr. (October 30, 1850 – May 24, 1907) was a U.S. Senator from the state of Michigan. Patton, the son of John Patton and the brother of Charles Emory Patton, was born in Curwensville, Pennsylvania. He prepared for college at Phil ...

, a

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from Michigan (1894–1895), and the uncle of William Irvin Swoope, also a U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (1923–1927). Patton was born in

Covington Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania Covington Township is a township in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,031 at the 2020 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (0 ...

and moved to

Curwensville, Pennsylvania Curwensville is a borough in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States, north of Altoona on the West Branch Susquehanna River. Coal mining, tanning, and the manufacture of fire bricks were the industries at the turn of the 20th century. In 1 ...

in 1828. He attended the public schools and engaged in mercantile pursuits and lumbering 1844-1860. He organized the First National Bank of Curwensville in 1864 and was elected its president. He then organized the Curwensville Bank, and was elected its president. He was a delegate to the Whig National Convention in

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and to the

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. Patton was elected as a Republican to the

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, serving from March 4, 1861 to March 3, 1863. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in

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. He was again elected to the

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, serving from March 4, 1887 to March 3, 1889. He was not a candidate for renomination in

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, after which he resumed banking. Patton died in Philadelphia, aged 74, where he had gone for medical treatment, and was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery, in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Patton, John 1823 births 1897 deaths People from Tioga County, Pennsylvania American bankers Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania 19th-century American politicians 19th-century American businesspeople