David Trotter Patterson (February 28, 1818 – November 3, 1891) was a United States Senator from Tennessee at the beginning of the Reconstruction period.
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David Trotter Patterson |
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In office July 28, 1866 – March 3, 1869 |
Preceded by | Andrew Johnson |
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Succeeded by | William Gannaway Brownlow |
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Born | (1818-02-28)February 28, 1818 Greene County, Tennessee, U.S. |
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Died | November 3, 1891(1891-11-03) (aged 73) Afton, Tennessee, U.S. |
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Resting place | Andrew Johnson National Cemetery Greeneville, Tennessee, U.S. |
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Political party | Democratic |
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Children | 2 |
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A staunch Union supporter (as were most of his fellow East Tennesseans), he was elected by the Tennessee General Assembly to the U.S. Senate when Tennessee was readmitted to the Union on July 24, 1866, the first state of the former Confederacy to do so. He presented his credentials to the Senate on July 26, but they were challenged; he was not permitted to take the oath of office until July 28.
After being admitted to the bar in 1841, Patterson practiced in Greeneville. He also engaged in manufacturing. He owned slaves.[1] He was appointed as a judge of the first circuit court of Tennessee and served from 1854 to 1863. In addition, he acquired substantial amounts of land in East Tennessee and grew commodity crops.
Patterson retired from public life when his Senate term expired on March 3, 1869. He returned to East Tennessee to manage his relatively vast agricultural interests.
On November 3, 1891, Patterson died in the small community of Afton. He was interred with the Johnson family in the Andrew Johnson National Cemetery in Greeneville.
- McKellar, Kenneth. "David T. Patterson," in Tennessee Senators as Seen by One of Their Successors, Kingsport, Tenn.: Southern Publishers, Inc., 1942, 316-324.
- Speer, W.S. (1888). "David T. Patterson". Sketches of prominent Tennesseans: Containing biographies and records of many of the families who have attained prominence in Tennessee. Nashville: A. B. Tavel. pp. 531–533. LCCN 08019465. OCLC 4252171. OL 6998321M.
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