David I. Patten
| David Ivy Patten | |
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Louisiana State Representative for Catahoula Parish (later combined Catahoula/Concordia parishes) |
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In office 1964–1972 |
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| Preceded by | William S. Peck, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | J. C. "Sonny" Gilbert |
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| Born | December 11, 1923 |
| Died | June 24, 1998 (aged 77) |
| Resting place | Oak Grove Cemetery near Rhinehart in Catahoula Parish |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) |
(1) Ethel Ewing Patten (divorced) |
| Children |
David Mancil Patten |
| Residence | Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, USA |
| Alma mater |
Block High School |
| Occupation | Businessman |
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(1) Patten was the last member of the Louisiana State Legislature to represent only Catahoula Parish; in his second term, he was placed in a combined district which included both Catahoula and Concordia parishes. (2) Patten was unseated in the 1971 Democratic primary election by then State Senator J.C. "Sonny" Gilbert of Sicily Island, who later became a Republican after having vacated the legislature. |
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(1) Ethel Ewing Patten (divorced)
David Mancil Patten
Wayne Patten
Diane P. Morace
Block High School
(1) Patten was the last member of the Louisiana State Legislature to represent only Catahoula Parish; in his second term, he was placed in a combined district which included both Catahoula and Concordia parishes.
David Ivy Patten (December 11, 1923 – June 24, 1998) was a building contractor who served two terms from 1964 to 1972 as a Democrat in the Louisiana House of Representatives for Catahoula Parish in the northeastern portion of his state.
In his first legislative term, Patten succeeded William S. Peck, Jr., of Sicily Island and represented only Catahoula Parish. He was reelected to a second term in 1968 from a revised district which combined Catahoula and neighboring Concordia parishes. The incumbent from Concordia Parish, Fred L. Schiele, did not seek a second term but later served as the sheriff of his parish.
Patten's interest focused on rural development. In 1972, in the newly numbered District 21, Patten was unseated by State Senator J.C. "Sonny" Gilbert of Sicily Island, a brother-in-law of William Peck, who ran that year for the House, rather than the Senate. Patten attempted a comeback in the Catahoula-Concordia district in 1975 in the first-ever nonpartisan blanket primary held in Louisiana and had the support of the Catahoula Parish sheriff. Gilbert did not seek reelection to the House. Patten lost in the official general election, 57-43 percent, to Democrat Dan Richey, then of Ferriday in Concordia Parish. Another candidate was the Democrat Troyce Guice, then of Ferriday, who had run unsuccessfully for the United States Senate in 1966 and again in 1996. Both Gilbert and Richey switched their affiliation to Republican after their legislative tenure.
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