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Wright Patman

Wright Patman
Full Name: John William Wright Patman
Birth date: August 6, 1893
Death date: March 7, 1976

Terms of Service

  • House, 38th Legislature
    1/9/1923 - 1/13/1925
    Democrat
  • House, 37th Legislature
    1/11/1921 - 1/9/1923
    Democrat

Biographical Notes and Resources

Selected Newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

Photographs

Other Resources

  • PATMAN, John William Wright (1893-1976). Representative, TX. Relatives: John William Wright Patman - father, William Neff Patman - son. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress .
  • United States Army, Private, World War I, "during the First World War served as a private and later as a machinegun officer in the United States Army 1917-1919." Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress .
  • Biographical sketch, Volume IV, p. 504. East Texas: Its History and Its Makers 1940.
  • PATMAN, JOHN WILLIAM WRIGHT (1893-1976). Handbook of Texas Online .
  • Ceremony proceedings in the LRL Rare Books collection, 923.273 P274R. Reception and Ceremony Commemorating the Commencement of the 40th Year of Service in the Congress of the United States By the Honorable Wright Patman; Remarks and Proceedings, March 5, 1968 1968.
  • Biographical sketch and photo. Relatives: W. N. "Bill" Patman - son-in-law, Fred Mauritz - father-in-law; W. N. "Bill" Patman - son, Congressman Wright Patman - father. Senate Biographies, 63rd Legislature 1973.
  • Memorial, June 1976, p. 563. Texas Bar Journal .
  • United States Army, First Lieutenant, World War I. Memorial, June 1976, p. 563. Texas Bar Journal .
  • Book in LRL collection, 923.2764 P274Y 2000 Wright Patman: Populism, Liberalism, and the American Dream, 1st ed. 2000.
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