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    David Trotter Patterson

    Birth: 2-28-1818

    Death: 11-3-1891

Biography

David Trotter Patterson was born in Cedar Creek, Tennessee. He studied law and entered Tennessee politics where he served first as a circuit court judge and later as a U.S. Senator. His election to the Senate in 1866 coincided with questions over the efficacy of loyalty oaths for politicians from former Confederate states.

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David Trotter Patterson was born in Cedar Creek, Tennessee. He studied law and entered Tennessee politics where he served first as a circuit court judge and later as a U.S. Senator. His election to the Senate in 1866 coincided with questions over the efficacy of loyalty oaths for politicians from former Confederate states.

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David Trotter Patterson - Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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"Patterson, David Trotter," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College,
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