James W. Patterson
| James Willis Patterson | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire's 3rd district |
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In office March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas M. Edwards |
| Succeeded by | Jacob Benton |
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United States Senator from New Hampshire |
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In office March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1873 |
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| Preceded by | George G. Fogg |
| Succeeded by | Bainbridge Wadleigh |
| Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives | |
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In office 1862 |
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July 2, 1823 Henniker, Merrimack County New Hampshire, USA |
| Died | May 4, 1893 (aged 69) Hanover, Grafton County New Hampshire, USA |
| Resting place | Dartmouth College Cemetery Hanover, Grafton County New Hampshire |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Sarah Parker Wilder |
| Children | George Willis Patterson Arthur Hubert Patterson |
| Parents | William Pattersona Frances M. Shepard Patterson |
| Alma mater | Dartmouth College |
| Profession | Professor Politician |
James Willis Patterson (July 2, 1823 – May 4, 1893) was an American politician and a United States Representative and Senator from New Hampshire.
Born in Henniker, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, he was the son of William and Frances M. Shepard Patterson.
Patterson pursued classical studies, graduated from Dartmouth College in 1848, and was principal of the in Connecticut for two years. He attended the Theological Seminary at New Haven, Connecticut, where he studied law.
He married Sarah Parker Wilder and they had two children, George Willis Patterson and Arthur Hubert Patterson.
Patterson was a professor of mathematics, astronomy, and meteorology at Dartmouth College from 1854 to 1865.
Patterson was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1862.
Elected as a Republican to the Thirty-eighth and Thirty-ninth Congresses Patterson was a United States Representative for the third district of New Hampshire from (March 4, 1863 - March 3, 1867). He was elected to the U.S. Senate and served from March 4, 1867, to March 3, 1873.
In the Senate he was chairman of the Committee on Enrolled Bills during the Forty-first Congress and a member of the Committee on the District of Columbia during the Forty-first and Forty-second Congresses.
In 1873, Patterson was found to have given false testimony to both House and Senate Committees who recommended his expulsion from the Senate for bribery in the Crédit Mobilier Scandal. Patterson's term expired before further action could be taken.(1873)
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