Wright Patman

Full Name: John William Wright Patman
Date of birth: August 6, 1893
Date of death: March 7, 1976

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	2	Jan 9, 1923 - Jan 13, 1925	38th	Democrat	Linden / Cass		Cass
H	2	Jan 11, 1921 - Jan 9, 1923	37th	Democrat	Linden / Cass		Cass

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House District 2
Jan 9, 1923 - Jan 13, 1925
Legislatures: 38th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Linden / Cass
Counties in district: Cass

House District 2
Jan 11, 1921 - Jan 9, 1923
Legislatures: 37th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Linden / Cass
Counties in district: Cass

Biographical Information top

Selected newspaper articles

Resolutions and Journal entries

55th Legislature, 1st C.S., HSR 51. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.

Biographical Sketches

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.
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.
Book in LRL collection, 923.2764 P274Y 2000 Wright Patman: Populism, Liberalism, and the American Dream, 1st ed., 2000.

Military Service Notes

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.
United States Army, 1st Lieutenant, United States Guards, World War I. John William Wright Patman, birth date 8/6/1893 in Hughes Springs, Texas; residence in Linden, Cass County. FamilySearch Texas World War I Records, 1917-1920 (Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin).
United States Army, 1st Lieutenant, World War I. Memorial, June 1976, p. 563. Texas Bar Journal.

Other Resources

Wright Patman, birth date 8/6/1893, death date 3/7/1976, U.S. Congressman 1929—1976, burial in Hillcrest Cemetery, Texarkana, Bowie County. Find a Grave.

Photographs

Photograph. Wright Patman, 38th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Wright Patman, 37th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

37th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.
38th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, south wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

38th R.S. - 1923 Charges Against Legislature by Hull Youngblood, Joint Criminal Jurisprudence Liquor Traffic State Affairs (Chair)
37th R.S. - 1921 Engrossed Bills (Vice Chair) Game and Fisheries Representative Districts Roads, Bridges and Ferries State Affairs

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