Jehu Patterson

Jehu Patterson (1765–1851) was an American

New Jersey State Senate

.

Jehu Patterson was born on December 14, 1765, in Middletown Township, New Jersey, and would reside there all his life. He was a member of the Middletown Baptist Church.

A farmer, he served as a member of the Middletown Township Committee, and served many years as a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Monmouth County.^[1]

In 1831, Patterson was elected to a one-year term as a member of the Legislative Council; he was elected again in 1834. He served as Vice-President of Council in 1834.^[2]

Jehu Patterson died on July 22, 1851. A son,

Board of Chosen Freeholders

as well as the Legislative Council.

Notes and references

^ Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of the Third Congressional District of New Jersey, 1896, Biographical Publishing Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
^ Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 1926; Thomas F. Fitzgerald

Political offices
Preceded by Mahlon Dickerson	Vice President of the New Jersey Legislative Council 1834	Succeeded by Charles Sitgreaves

[1] Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of the Third Congressional District of New Jersey, 1896, Biographical Publishing Co., Philadelphia, Pa.

[2] Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 1926; Thomas F. Fitzgerald

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