- Patterson, Thomas MacDonald, (1839 -
1916)
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Senate Years of Service: 1901-1907
Party: Democrat
PATTERSON, Thomas MacDonald, a Delegate, a Representative
and a Senator from Colorado; born in County Carlow, Ireland,
November 4, 1839; immigrated to the United States with his
parents, who settled in New York City in 1849; attended the
public schools; moved with his parents to Crawfordsville,
Ind., in 1853; worked in a printing office for three years
and as a watchmaker and jeweler for five years; during the
Civil War enlisted in the Eleventh Regiment, Indiana
Volunteer Infantry, in 1861; attended the Indiana Asbury
(now De Pauw) University, Greencastle, Ind., 1862 and Wabash
College, Crawfordsville, Ind., 1863; studied law; admitted
to the bar in 1867 and commenced practice in Crawfordsville,
Ind.
He moved to Denver, Colo., in 1872 and continued the
practice of law; city attorney of Denver 1873-1874; elected
as a Democrat to be a Delegate to the Forty-fourth Congress
and served from March 4, 1875, to August 1, 1876, when the
Territory became a State; successfully contested the
election of James B. Belford to the Forty-fifth Congress and
served from December 13, 1877, to March 3, 1879; was not a
candidate for renomination in 1878; resumed the practice of
law in Denver; member of the Democratic National Committee
1874-1880; purchased the Rocky Mountain News in 1890 and
later the Denver Times; elected as a Democrat to the United
States Senate and served from March 4, 1901, to March 3,
1907; was not a candidate for reelection; twice an
unsuccessful Democratic candidate for governor; resumed
newspaper activities in Denver, Colo., and died there July
23, 1916; interment in Fairmount Cemetery.
Bibliography
Dictionary of American Biography; Downing, Sybil, and
Robert E. Smith. Tom Patterson: Colorado Crusader for
Change. Niwot: University of Colorado, 1995; Smith, Robert
E. “The Anti-Imperialist Crusade of Thomas M. Patterson.”
Colorado Magazine 51 (Winter 1974): 28-42.
Source:
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