Samuel F. Patterson

Samuel F. Patterson
Samuel F. Patterson
North Carolina State Treasurer
	In office; 1835–1837
Preceded by	William S. Mhoon
Succeeded by	Daniel W. Courts
Member of the North Carolina Senate; for the 48th Senatorial District
	In office; 1846–1848
Preceded by	Burgess S. Gaither
Succeeded by	Tod R. Caldwell
Member of the North Carolina Senate; for the 46th Senatorial District
	In office; 1864–1864
Preceded by	Samuel J. Neal
Succeeded by	James M. Isbell
Member of the North Carolina; House of Commons; Representing Caldwell County
	In office; 1854–1854
Preceded by	Elisha P. Miller
Succeeded by	Cornelius W. Clark
Personal details
Born	Samuel Finley Patterson; March 11, 1799; Rockbridge County, Virginia
Died	January 20, 1874 (aged 74); Caldwell County, North Carolina

Samuel Finley Patterson (March 11, 1799 – January 20, 1874) was a North Carolina politician, planter, and businessman.

Biography

Born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, Patterson went to live with his uncle in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, in 1811.[1] He married Phoebe Caroline Jones, a granddaughter of William Lenoir, in 1824. The two would live much of their life together at her family home, "Palmyra", in Caldwell County, a county which he helped persuade the state legislature to create in 1841. He and his wife had several children, including politicians Rufus Lenoir (1830–1879) and Samuel Legerwood Patterson (1850–1918), who served as North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture.

Patterson had a lifelong interest in politics. At the age of 22, he won the position of engrossing clerk of the North Carolina House of Commons. He later became clerk of the North Carolina Senate, and, from 1835 to 1837, he served as state treasurer. Even though Patterson was a Whig, he was elected treasurer by a majority-Democratic state legislature. While serving as treasurer, he also served as president of the state bank.

Patterson served as chair of the Caldwell County court; as a member of the House of Commons (1854); and as a state senator (1846, 1848, and 1864). In 1866, he served as a delegate to the second session of the state's constitutional convention. Other offices Patterson held included president of the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad, clerk of the Superior Court, justice of the peace, Indian commissioner, trustee of the University of North Carolina, and various positions with the Masons.

He died at Palmyra on January 20, 1874.[1]

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References

Ashe, Samuel A'Court; Weeks, Stephen B.; Van Noppen, Charles L., eds. (1905). Biographical History of North Carolina from Colonial Times to the Present. II. Charles L. Van Noppen. pp. 324–333. Retrieved August 3, 2020 – via Google Books.

Political offices
Preceded by William S. Mhoon	Treasurer of North Carolina 1835–1837	Succeeded by Daniel W. Courts

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[Biographical-1] Ashe, Samuel A'Court; Weeks, Stephen B.; Van Noppen, Charles L., eds. (1905). Biographical History of North Carolina from Colonial Times to the Present. II. Charles L. Van Noppen. pp. 324–333. Retrieved August 3, 2020 – via Google Books.