Patterson, Malcolm R. 1861-1935
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- Malcolm Rice Patterson (June 7, 1861 - March 8, 1935) was an American politician and jurist. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1901 to 1906, and as the 30th governor of Tennessee from 1907 to 1911. He later served as a circuit court judge in Memphis (1923-1934), and wrote a weekly column for the Memphis Commercial Appeal (1921-1933). Patterson was born on June 7, 1861 as Hamilton Rice Patterson in Somerville, Alabama... In 1866, his father changed his first name to "Malcolm." The family moved to Memphis, Tennessee, in 1872, where Patterson would graduate from Christian Brothers College (now Christian Brothers University). He studied at Vanderbilt University in the early 1880s, and read law with his father. He was admitted to the bar in 1883. Patterson died on March 8, 1935, while on a visit to Sarasota, Florida. Political party: Democratic ( (Wikipedia August 21, 2023:) )
- NUCMC data from Memphis St. Univ. Libr., Mississippi Valley Collection for Loyal Tennesseans League. Records, 1932(Malcolm R. Patterson; former gov. of Tenn.)
- WWWA, 1897-1942(Patterson, Malcolm Rice; b. Morgan Co., Ala, 1861; d. 1935; U.S. rep. from Tenn., 1901-1907; gov. of Tenn., 1907-1911; circuit ct. judge, Shelby Co., Tenn.)
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Malcolm Rice Patterson (June 7, 1861 – March 8, 1935) was an American politician and jurist. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1901 to 1906, and as the 30th governor of Tennessee from 1907 to 1911. He later served as a circuit court judge in Memphis (1923–1934), and wrote a weekly column for the Memphis Commercial Appeal (1921–1933). Patterson was one of Tennessee's most controversial governors. While praised for quelling the Night Riders of Reelfoot Lake uprising in 1908, he was accused of issuing pardons to political allies, most notably his advisor Duncan Brown Cooper, who had been convicted of murdering his political foe Edward W. Carmack. Patterson's veto of a popular prohibition bill in 1909 and his attempts to control the state Democratic primaries in 1910 created a division in the party that allowed Ben W. Hooper to become the first Republican governor elected in the state in nearly 30 years.
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