Background
Patten, James Horace was born on December 23, 1877 in near Spring Hill, Kansas, United States. Son of Harrison Henry and Gertrude (Pratt) Patten.
Patten, James Horace was born on December 23, 1877 in near Spring Hill, Kansas, United States. Son of Harrison Henry and Gertrude (Pratt) Patten.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Kansas, 1896. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1897. Student Graduate School same, 1897-1902, Master of Arts, 1899.
Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1905.
Of late Senator A. C. Latimer, of South Carolina., October 12, 1909. Instructor in economics, Harvard, 1900-1902. Appointed professor political science, University of New Brunswick, 1902.
Admitted to Massachusetts bar, 1905.
Practiced in District of Columbia. General counsel Farmers’ Edition and Cooperative Union of America, 1909-1914.
Assistant secretary Farmers’ National Congress, 1911-1917, secretary, 1917-1919. Attorney Railway Executives Advisory Committee, 1916-1920.
First sergeant provisional Company C, Massachusetts National Guard, Spanish-American War, 1898-1899.
Secretary Immigration Restriction League. Chairman national legislative committee World’s Purity Federation, 1909-1913, assistant legislative superintendent same, 1913-1926, and member Executive Board, since 1927. Chairman national legislative committee Immigration Restriction League.
Legislative representative of State Council of Junior Order United American Mechanics, State of New New York Commissioned, by Secretary of Labor, 1923, to investigate certain conditions in Hawaii, Guam, Japan, China and the Philippines.
Editor: Graduate Hand-book, 1900. Home: Washington, Distric.
Member executive
Married Olive Young Latimer, daughter