Robert Patten

Full Name: Robert Patten

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
H	7	Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 8, 1957	54th	Democrat	Jasper / Jasper		Jasper, Newton, Tyler
H	7	Jan 13, 1953 - Jan 11, 1955	53rd	Democrat	Jasper / Jasper		Jasper, Newton, Tyler

Terms of Service top

House District 7
Jan 11, 1955 - Jan 8, 1957
Legislatures: 54th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Jasper / Jasper
Counties in district: Jasper, Newton, Tyler

House District 7
Jan 13, 1953 - Jan 11, 1955
Legislatures: 53rd
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Jasper / Jasper
Counties in district: Jasper, Newton, Tyler

Biographical Information top

Military Service Notes

Possibly Robert William Patton, birth date 12/8/1894 in Jasper, residence in Jasper. United States Army, 2nd Lieutenant Infantry, World War I. FamilySearch Texas, World War I Records, 1917-1920 (Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin).

Other Resources

Census of 1950 - Bob Patten, Jasper, Jasper County, age 52, born circa 1898 in Texas. FamilySearch.
Possibly Robert William Patten, birth date 12/8/1894 in Jasper, Texas; death date 1/29/1964 in Jasper, Jasper County; insurance, insurance agency; served in World War I; father James Madson Patten, mother Mamie Neyland. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Possibly Robert William Patten, birth date 12/8/1894, death date 1/29/1964, burial in Jasper City Cemetery, Jasper, Jasper County. Find a Grave.
Mentioned in Curtis Bishop, "Historic Names in the 54th: Descendants of many who made early Texas history carry on family traditions of service to their State as members of the 54th Legislature," Volume XVI, Number 1, June 1955, pp. 37, 38, 40. Texas Parade.
53rd Legislature (1953) - Robert Patten, postoffice Jasper, nativity Texas, businessman.
54th Legislature (1955) - Robert Patten, postoffice Jasper, nativity Texas, Insurance - Hotel. No age listed. Texas Legislative Manual. 53rd Legislature 54th Legislature

Photographs

Photograph. Robert Patten, 54th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Robert Patten, 53rd Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

53rd session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.
54th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor corridor, south wall. GW.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

54th R.S. - 1955 Engrossed Bills (Vice Chair) Livestock and Stock Raising Municipal and Private Corporations Penitentiaries Privileges, Suffrage and Elections
53rd R.S. - 1953 Commerce and Manufactures Counties Municipal and Private Corporations Privileges, Suffrage and Elections Public Lands and Buildings

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