Charles Emory Patton | |
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Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 21st district | |
In office March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915 | |
Preceded by | Charles F. Barclay |
Succeeded by | Charles H. Rowland |
Personal details | |
Born | Curwensville, Pennsylvania | July 5, 1859
Died | December 15, 1937 West Grove, Pennsylvania | (aged 78)
Political party | Republican |
Parent |
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Relatives | John Patton Jr. |
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]
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]
Patton died on his estate, at the age of seventy-eight, and was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery in Curwensville. [9] [10]