Charles Edward Patterson (May 3, 1842 – February 22, 1913) was an American lawyer and politician.

Life

Charles E. Patterson was born in

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on May 3, 1842, the son of Dr. James Hervey Patterson. He was educated at Castleton Seminary in

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and Cambridge Academy in

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, and graduated from

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in 1860. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced in

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where he became a partner in the firm of David L. Seymour whose daughter he married. He was a member of the

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(Rensselaer Co., 1st D.) in

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and

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; and was elected

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on February 2, 1882, after a month-long struggle of the different factions of the Democratic Party. The rural Democrats and the

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had tried to oppose John Kelly and

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, but eventually came to terms. Charles E. Patterson died in

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on February 22, 1913.

References

Speaker election and short bio
in ''NYT'' on February 3, 1882

at www.courts.state.ny.us Rensselaer County lawyers at Court History 1842 births 1913 deaths Union College (New York) alumni Members of the New York State Assembly Speakers of the New York State Assembly People from Corinth, Vermont Politicians from Troy, New York 19th-century members of the New York State Legislature {{NewYork-NYAssembly-stub