Walter Patterson (U.S. politician)

Walter Patterson (* 1780 in Columbia County, New York, † November 5, 1852 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American lawyer and politician. Between 1821 and 1823 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Walter Patterson was born at the time of the Revolutionary War in Columbia County. He enjoyed a good education. Patterson studied law and was then as a prosecutor ( attorney ) in Ancram active. He also went to an employment in agriculture and pursued several business ventures, including the management of Ancram Iron Works. Patterson then served as quartermaster in the twelfth Infantry Brigade of the National Guard of New York. In 1818 he sat in the New York State Assembly and was active in the years 1821 and 1823 as Town Supervisor of Ancram. Politically, he was a member of the Federalist Party. In the congressional elections of 1820 Patterson was in the fifth electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of James Strong on March 4, 1821. He retired after the March 3, 1823 out of the Congress. He later moved to Livingston, where he was appointed postmaster and 1826-1828 served as Town Supervisor. In 1828 he was appointed associate judge (associate justice) at the Columbia County Court, a position which he held until 1830. Patterson moved in the 1840s to Philadelphia, where he worked as a lawyer until his death on 5 November 1852.