Terms of Service

• House, 17th ^{(1) (2) (3) (4)} Legislature
  1/11/1881 - 1/9/1883
  Democrat
  

(1) "Lamar County - Patterson for floater Twentieth District," p. 1, 11/5/1880. Galveston Daily News .
(2) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News .
(3) J.W. Patterson on roster of members of the 17th Legislature as a democrat, p. 2, 11/17/1880. Galveston Daily News .
(4) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas 1881.

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

• James Patteson. House Journal .

Photographs

• Photograph. J. Patterson, Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Other Resources

• Census of 1870 - James Patteson, Lamar County, age 39, born circa 1831 in Tennessee, farmer, living in household with Marie Patteson, children Alfred, Rivers, Ella, Dudley, and John.
  Census of 1880 - James Patteson, Delta County, age 49, born circa 1831 in Tennessee, farmer, wife Mary Patteson, children Rivers, Dudley, John, Mary L., and Sarah.
  FamilySearch . 1880 1870
• James W. Patteson. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
• James Patteson, postoffice Cooper, Delta County, farmer, nativity Tennessee, age 49 (born circa 1832). Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas 1881.

Committee Information

• 17th R.S. - 1881
• Penitentiaries  
• Revenue and Taxation  
• Roads, Bridges and Ferries