- John Patterson (Ohio)
John Patterson (
February 10 ,1771 –February 7 ,1848 ) was a member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromOhio .John Patterson (half brother of
Pennsylvania congressmanThomas Patterson ) was born inLittle Britain Township, Pennsylvania . He moved with his parents to Pattersons Mills,Cross Creek Township, Pennsylvania , in 1778. He attended the common schools, and moved toSt. 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 theOhio House of Representatives in 1807 and 1808. He served in theOhio State Senate from 1815 to 1818. He was associate judge of the court of common pleas ofBelmont County, Ohio , from February 1810 to February 1815. He was elected as an Adams-Clay Republican to the Eighteenth Congress. He was engaged in the hardware business and in agricultural pursuits. He died in St. Clairsville in 1848. Interment in Union Cemetery.ources
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