John Denniston Patton

John Denniston Patton (November 28, 1829 – February 22, 1904) was a U.S. Representative from the state of Pennsylvania.

John Denniston Patton
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 25th district
In office
March 4, 1883  March 3, 1885
Preceded byJames Mosgrove
Succeeded byAlexander Colwell White
Personal details
Born(1829-11-28)November 28, 1829
Indiana, Pennsylvania
DiedFebruary 22, 1904(1904-02-22) (aged 74)
Indiana, Pennsylvania
Political partyDemocratic

Patton was born in Indiana, Pennsylvania and attended public school there. He worked in a tannery for several years and then engaged in mercantile pursuits in his hometown. He was elected as a Democrat to the forty-eighth Congress, serving from March 4, 1883 to March 3, 1885. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1884, after which he retired from public life. Patton died in Indiana, Pennsylvania and was interred in Oakland Cemetery there.

Sources

  • United States Congress. "John Denniston Patton (id: P000139)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
  • The Political Graveyard


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