Charles Edward Patterson

Background

He was the son of Doctor James Hervey Patterson, was educated at Castleton Seminary in Castleton, Vermont and Cambridge Academy in Cambridge, New York, and graduated from Union College in 1860.

Education

Union College.

Career

The rural Democrats and the County Democracy had tried to oppose John Kelly and Tammany Hall, but eventually came to terms.

Membership

He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Rensselaer Company, 1st Doctorate) in 1881 and 1882. And was elected Speaker on February 2, 1882, after a month-long struggle of the different factions of the Democratic Party.

Connections

Father:

James H. Patterson

Mother:

Fidelia (Howes) Patterson

Spouse:

Fanny Maria Seymour.