Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Nat Patton

Full Name: Nat A. Patton
Birth date: February 26, 1881
Death date: July 27, 1957

Terms of Service

Senate, 43rd ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ Legislature
1/10/1933 - 11/11/1934
Democrat
Senate President Pro Tempore, Ad Interim R.S., elected 5/31/1933.
Senate, 42nd ⁽⁵⁾ & 41st ⁽⁴⁾ Legislatures
1/8/1929 - 1/10/1933
Democrat
House, 34th ⁽³⁾ Legislature
1/14/1915 - 7/20/1915
Democrat
House, 33rd Legislature
1/14/1913 - 1/12/1915
Democrat

(1) In Senate, Gordon Burns, in special election 12/22/1934, sworn 1/8/1935, succeeded to unexpired term of Nat Patton of the 43rd Legislature, resigned 11/11/1934. In House, Andrew T. McKinney, Jr., in special election 1/26/1935, sworn 1/30/1935, succeeded Gordon M. Burns, resigned 1/4/1935. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(2) Patton, elected District 7 Congressman 11/6/1934, resigned 11/11/1934. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(3) John Hairston, member-elect from District 24, died 12/21/1914, and the incumbent from the 33rd Leg., Patton, by resolution adopted 1/14/1915, was seated until his successor, John LeGorey, was elected and, on 7/20/1915 [sic], sworn. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(4) 41st Legislature - Certificate of New Senators, oath of office administered, 1/8/1929, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(5) 42nd Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/13/1931, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(6) 43rd Legislature - Roll Call of New Senators and Certificate of New Senators, oath of office administered, 1/10/1933, pp. 1-2. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

55th Legislature, 1st C.S., SR 41. Birth date 2/26/1884. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Photograph. Nat Patton, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Nat Patton, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Nat Patton, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Nat Patton, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

PATTON, Nat (1884-1957). Representative, TX. Birth date 2/26/1881. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress .
Listed in "Men who have represented Grimes County in the House of Representatives/State Senate, 1846-1931," pp. 205-209. Includes Date, Legislatures, District, and Source of Data. Early History of Grimes County 1930.
Nat Patton, birth date 2/26/1881 in Texas; death date 7/27/1957 in Crockett, Houston County, Texas; attorney. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Nat Patton, birth date 2/26/1881; permanent home address in Crockett, Houston County; law student; draft registration 9/12/1918 in Houston County. FamilySearch United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 .
Hon. Nat Patton (1881-1957), photos, biographical sketch, burial in Evergreen Memorial Park, Crockett, Houston County. Find a Grave .
Biographical sketch, "Who's Who and What's What in the Texas Legislature," by Ed Kilman, 2/4/1929, p. 8. Houston Post-Dispatch .
Memorial, November 1957, p. 674. Born 1881. Texas Bar Journal .
Biographical sketch, Nat A. Patton, Volume IV, p. 299. Born 2/26/1883 in Houston County, Texas. Texas Under Many Flags 1930.
Biographical sketch, Hon. Nat Patton, pp. 185-186. Born 2/26/1884 in a log cabin at Tadmore, Houston County. The History of Houston County, Texas 1943.