- James T. Patterson
James Thomas Patterson (
October 20 ,1908 -February 7 ,1989 ) was a U.S. Representative fromConnecticut .Born in
Naugatuck, Connecticut , Patterson attended the public schools.He was graduated from Peekskill (New York)Military Academy in 1929 and fromGeorgetown University ,Washington, D.C. , in 1933.He was in theUniversity of Miami ,Coral Gables, Florida , B.A., in 1934, and from National University Law School (nowGeorge Washington University ), LL.B.,Washington, D.C. , 1939. While attending school worked for the Connecticut highway department from 1924 to 1933, U.S. Rubber Company in 1934, for the United States Department of Labor 1934-1937, for the Social Security Board in 1937 and 1938, and for the United States Treasury 1938-1940.He served with theUnited States Marine Corps and the Office of Strategic Services from September 1941 until discharged as a major in July 1946, with overseas service in the African and European Theaters and in India, Burma, and China.Patterson was elected as a Republican to the Eightieth and to the five succeeding Congresses (
January 3 ,1947 -January 3 ,1959 ).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1958 to the Eighty-sixth Congress, for election in 1960 to the Eighty-seventh Congress, and in 1970 to the Ninety-second Congress.He was a resident ofBethlehem, Connecticut , until his death inCamden, New Jersey , onFebruary 7 ,1989 .References
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