Background
Patterson, Ernest Odell was born on October 5, 1874 in Greenfield, Adair County, Iowa, United States. Son of Daniel A. and Margaret (Priddy) Patterson.
Patterson, Ernest Odell was born on October 5, 1874 in Greenfield, Adair County, Iowa, United States. Son of Daniel A. and Margaret (Priddy) Patterson.
Student State University of Iowa.
Admitted to District of Columbia Bar, 1906. Assistant attorney Interior Department, Washington, District of Columbia, 1906-1908. Moved to South Dakot, 1908.
Vice president, general counsel Western Townsite Company, 1910-1925.
Mayor of Dallas, South Dakot, 6 years. Member South Dakot Senate, 1913-1915 (chairman judiciary committee).
General counsel, Royal Mutual Union Life Insurance Company of Des Moines, at Dallas, for states of South Dakot and Nebraska, 1915-1925. Circuit judge, 11th Judicial Circuit of South Dakot, by appointment of Governor Gunderson, July 1, 1925-January 1926 (resigned).
Solicitor Interior Department, by appointment of President Coolidge, 1926-1929.
Served as private Company G, 51st Iowa Infantry Volumes, Spanish-American War. Member American and South Dakot bar associations. Mason (32 degree, Knights Templar, Shriner).