- Luther Patrick
Luther Patrick (
January 23 ,1894 -May 26 ,1957 ) was a U.S. Representative fromAlabama .Born near
Decatur, Alabama , Patrick attended the public schools,Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge, andPurdue University ,Lafayette, Indiana . In 1918 was graduated from the law department of theUniversity of Alabama at Tuscaloosa . During the First World War served as a private, assigned to the Army training detachment and to the Central Officers' Training School, fromJune 14 ,1918 , toDecember 4 ,1918 .He was admitted to the bar in 1919 and commenced practice inFairfield, Alabama . City attorney of Fairfield 1920-1922.He was author of many poems and books. Began career of radio commentator in 1925.He served as assistant attorney general of Alabama 1927-1929.He served as assistant United States district attorney of the northern Alabama district in 1933 and 1934.Patrick was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth, Seventy-sixth, and Seventy-seventh Congresses (
January 3 ,1937 -January 3 ,1943 ).He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1942.He served as a consultant to the War Production Board in 1943 and 1944.Patrick was elected to the Seventy-ninth Congress (
January 3 ,1945 -January 3 ,1947 ).He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1946.He resumed law practice inBirmingham, Alabama .He served as delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1956.He died inBirmingham, Alabama ,May 26 ,1957 .He was interred in Elmwood Cemetery.References
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