Charles E. Patterson

Charles E. Patterson was born in Corinth, Vermont on May 3, 1842, the son of Dr. James Hervey Patterson. He was educated at Castleton Seminary in Castleton, Vermont and Cambridge Academy in Cambridge, New York, and graduated from Union College in 1860. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced in Troy, New York where he became a partner in the firm of David L. Seymour whose daughter he married.

He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Rensselaer Co., 1st D.) in 1881 and 1882; and was elected Speaker on February 2, 1882, after a month-long struggle of the different factions of the Democratic Party. The rural Democrats and the County Democracy had tried to oppose John Kelly and Tammany Hall, but eventually came to terms.

Charles E. Patterson died in Augusta, Georgia on February 22, 1913.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/47612626/charles-e-patterson-dies-in-georgia/ |title=Charles E. Patterson Dies in Georgia |newspaper=The Post-Star |page=8 |date=1913-02-24 |access-date=2020-03-29 |via=Newspapers.com}}

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• [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1882/02/03/98580674.pdf Speaker election and short bio], in NYT on February 3, 1882
• [http://www.courts.state.ny.us/history/elecbook/chester/courts_and_lawyers_pgs1060-1073.htm Courts_and_lawyers_pgs1060-1073] at www.courts.state.ny.us Rensselaer County lawyers at Court History

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