John Patterson (Ohio congressman)

John Patterson (February 10, 1771 – February 7, 1848) was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio for one term from 1823 to 1825.

For Other people named John Patterson, see John Patterson (disambiguation).

John Patterson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Ohio's 10th district
In office
March 4, 1823 – March 4, 1825
Preceded bynew district
Succeeded byDavid Jennings
Member of the Ohio Senate from Belmont County
In office
1815–1819
Preceded byCharles Hammond
Succeeded byDavid Jennings
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Belmont County
In office
1807–1808
Preceded byJosiah Dillon
John Stewart
Succeeded byEdward Bryson
Joseph Sharp
Isaac Vore
Personal details
Born(1771-02-10)February 10, 1771
Little Britain Township, Province of Pennsylvania, British America
DiedFebruary 7, 1848(1848-02-07) (aged 76)
St. Clairsville, Ohio, U.S
Resting placeUnion Cemetery
Political partyDemocratic-Republican

Biography

John Patterson (half brother of Pennsylvania congressman Thomas Patterson) was born in Little Britain Township in the Province of Pennsylvania. He moved with his parents to Pattersons Mills, Pennsylvania, Cross Creek Township, Pennsylvania, in 1778. He attended the common schools, and moved to St. 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 the Ohio House of Representatives in 1807 and 1808. He served in the Ohio State Senate from 1815 to 1818. He was associate judge of the court of common pleas of Belmont County, Ohio, from February 1810 to February 1815. Ohio Presidential elector in 1816 for James Monroe.[1] He was elected as an Adams-Clay Republican to the Eighteenth Congress. He was engaged in the hardware business and in agricultural pursuits.

Death

He died in St. Clairsville in 1848. Interment in Union Cemetery.

Sources
  1. Taylor, William Alexander; Taylor, Aubrey Clarence (1899). Ohio statesmen and annals of progress: from the year 1788 to the year 1900 ... Vol. 1. State of Ohio. p. 102.
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