Matthew Charles Paterson (died January 26, 1846) was an American lawyer and politician from
New York.
Life
He graduated
A.M. from
Columbia College in 1819.
In 1840, he delivere
''An Address on Primary Education''(42 pages) before the Columbia
Peithologian Society The Peithologian Society was an undergraduate debate society at Columbia University. It was founded in 1806, four years after Columbia's first literary society, the Philolexian Society, by freshmen who were disenfranchised by Philolexian's requireme ...
.
He was
New York County District Attorney
The New York County District Attorney, also known as the Manhattan District Attorney, is the elected district attorney for New York County (Manhattan), New York. The office is responsible for the prosecution of violations of New York state laws ...
from June 1844 until his death in January 1846.
Sources
''The New York Civil List''compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (page 377; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
*Death notice i
''The Golden Rule''(issue of January 31, 1846; page 78)
Date of birth unknown
1846 deaths
New York County District Attorneys
Columbia College (New York) alumni
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