James O'Hanlon Patterson (June 25, 1857 – October 25, 1911) was a

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from

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Biography

He was born in

Barnwell, South Carolina Barnwell is a city in and county seat of Barnwell County, South Carolina, United States, located along U.S. Route 278. The population was 4,750 at the 2010 census. Geography Barnwell is located east of the center of Barnwell County at (33.24 ...

. He attended private schools in town and also in

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. Later, he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1886, and commenced practice in Barnwell, South Carolina. Patterson was a probate judge of

Barnwell County, South Carolina Barnwell County is a county in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 20,589. It is located in the Central Savannah River Area. Its county seat is Barnwell. History The Barnwell District was created in ...

1888–1892 and a member of the

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1899–1904. He was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth, and Sixty-first Congresses (March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911). After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of his profession in Barnwell, South Carolina where he died on October 25, 1911. He was buried in the Episcopal Cemetery.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Patterson, James OHanlon 1857 births 1911 deaths People from Barnwell, South Carolina Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina 19th-century members of the South Carolina General Assembly 20th-century members of the South Carolina General Assembly 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives