Thomas J. Paterson

Thomas Jefferson Paterson ( born April 10, 1805 in Lisle, New York, † February 15, 1885 in Rochester, New York ) was an American politician. Between 1843 and 1845 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives. His grandfather was Major General John Paterson ( 1744-1808 ). Your name is often pronounced " Patterson ".

Career

Thomas Jefferson Paterson was born about seven years before the outbreak of the British - American War in Lisle, Broome County. The family moved to Parma in 1812. There he attended public schools. His relatives in Rochester, Monroe County supported him while he served an apprenticeship in retail store and when he later became a private business operation. He participated in several business ventures, including a partnership in a mill. However, he lost all of his investments during the economic crisis of 1837. Financially he never recovered more of it. He spent the rest of his life to pay off the debt.

In 1838 he won the election for the County Board of Supervisors, but lost the election for the City Council ( City Council ) of Rochester two years later. Politically he belonged to the Whig party. In the congressional elections of 1842 for the 28th Congress he was on the 28th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Timothy Childs on March 4, 1843. He retired after the March 3, 1845 out of the Congress.

After his conference, he worked in Rochester as brokers (real estate agent ), but also went to other local shops after. On February 15, 1885, he died there.