Preceded by Theodore G. Croft Political party Democratic Party Democratic Party | Succeeded by James F. Byrnes Profession attorney | |
Born June 25, 1857
Barnwell, South Carolina ( 1857-06-25 ) Resting place Orangeburg, South Carolina Died 25 October 1911, South Carolina, United States | ||
James O'Hanlan Patterson (June 25, 1857 – October 25, 1911) was a United States Representative from South Carolina. He was born in Barnwell, South Carolina. He attended private schools in town and also in Augusta, Georgia. Later, he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1886, and commenced practice in Barnwell, South Carolina.
Patterson was a probate judge of Barnwell County, South Carolina 1888–1892 and a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives 1899–1904. He was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-ninth, Sixtieth, and Sixty-first Congresses (March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911). After leaving Congress, he resumed the practice of his profession in Barnwell, South Carolina where he died on October 25, 1911. He was buried in the Episcopal Cemetery.