Charles Emory Patton (July 5, 1859 – December 15, 1937) was a U.S. Representative from the state of Pennsylvania. He was the son of John Patton and the brother of John Patton, Jr.[1][2]
Biography
Patton was born in Curwensville, Pennsylvania and attended the common schools. He graduated from Lycoming College in Williamsport, Pennsylvania in 1878 and engaged in the lumber business.[3][4]
He owned and operated the Curwensville Electric Co., and then engaged in the construction contracting business. He was director of the Curwensville National Bank, a member of the school board, serving as president, and a member of the city council, and served as burgess.[5]
He was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses, serving from March 4, 1911 to March 3, 1915. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1914. He was appointed secretary of agriculture for the State of Pennsylvania October 15, 1915, and served in this capacity until January 22, 1920.[6][7]
He retired to a farm near West Grove, Pennsylvania and resumed his agricultural work.[8]
Death and interment
Patton died on his estate, at the age of seventy-eight, and was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery in Curwensville.[9][10]
References
- ^ "Patton, Charles Emory" (P000136), in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Washington, D.C.: Offices of the Historians of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, retrieved online March 18, 2023.
- ^ "Patton, Charles Emory." Ann Arbor, Michigan: The Political Graveyard, May 10, 2022.
- ^ "Patton, Charles Emory" (P000136), in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ "Patton, Charles Emory," The Political Graveyard.
- ^ "Patton, Charles Emory" (P000136), in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ "Patton, Charles Emory" (P000136), in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ "Patton, Charles Emory," The Political Graveyard.
- ^ "Patton, Charles Emory" (P000136), in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ "Patton, Charles Emory" (P000136), in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ "Patton, Charles Emory," The Political Graveyard.
