Jefferson Patterson (14 May 1891 – 12 November 1977) was an American diplomat who served as

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under

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, from 1956 to 1958. He married Mary Marvin Breckinridge Patterson in 1940. He also had assignments in

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, and the UN Special Committee on the

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. He also wrote a book, ''Diplomatic Duty and Diversion''. Patterson additionally worked at the U.S. Embassy in Paris during

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, and was in charge of

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before the transfer of protecting power from the United States to

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. He graduated from

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and

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Biography from the Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum websiteJefferson Patterson papers, 1824-1981, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
1891 births 1977 deaths Ambassadors of the United States to Uruguay People from Dayton, Ohio Place of death missing 20th-century American diplomats Yale College alumni Harvard Law School alumni {{US-diplomat-stub