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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=David Ivy Patten
| birth_date=December 11, 1923
| birth_place=Place of birth missing<br>Resident of Catahoula Parish, [[Louisiana]]
| death_date=June 24, 1998 (aged 74)
| resting_place=Oak Grove Cemetery in Catahoula Parish
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative for Catahoula Parish and later Catahoula/Concordia parishes
|term_start=1964
|term_end=1972
|preceded=[[William S. Peck, Jr.]]
|succeeded=[[J. C. "Sonny" Gilbert]]
|occupation=[[Business]]man
|residence=Catahoula Parish
|religion=[[Pentecostal]]
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|spouse=(1) Ethel Inez Ewing Patten (divorced)<br>
(2) Carolyn McCauley Patten<br>
|children=David Mancil Patten<br>
Wayne Patten<br>
Diane Morace<br>
Sandy Cooper (1955-2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26774002/ethel-inez-patten|title=Ethel Inez Ewing Patten|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 8, 2020}}</ref>
'''Parents''':<br>
Ivy Edward and Mattie Harrell Patten
|footnotes='''Notes''':<br>
* Patten was the last member of the [[Louisiana ]] legislator to represent only [[Catahoula Parish]]; in his second term, he was placed in a combined district which included both Catahoula and Concordia parishes<br>
*Patten was unseated in the 1971 [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[primary]] election by outgoing state Senator [[J.C. "Sonny" Gilbert]] of Sicily Island, who later became a [[Republican Party|Republican]] after having left the legislature.
}}
'''David Ivy Patten''' (December 11, 1923 – June 24, 1998)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31283160/david-i-patten|title=David I. Patten|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 8, 2020}}</ref> was a building general contractor and a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] state representative from 1964 to 1972 for Catahoula Parish in the northeastern portion of [[Louisiana]].<ref name=legis/>
==Political career==
In his first legislative term, Patten succeeded [[William S. Peck, Jr.]], of Sicily Island and represented only Catahoula Parish. He was reelected to a second term in 1968 from a revised district which combined Catahoula and neighboring Concordia parishes. The [[incumbent]] from Concordia Parish, [[Fred L. Schiele]],<ref name=legis>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-20124 (Catahoula and Concordia parishes)|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=September 8, 2020}}</ref> did not seek a second term but later served as the [[sheriff]] of his parish.
Patten's interest focused on [[rural]] development. In 1972, in the newly numbered District 21, Patten was unseated by outgoing state Senator]] [[J.C. "Sonny" Gilbert]] of Sicily Island, a brother-in-law of William Peck, who ran that year for the House, rather than the Senate. Patten attempted a comeback in the Catahoula-Concordia district on November 1, 1975, in the first-ever nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held in Louisiana and had the support of the Catahoula Parish [[sheriff]]. Gilbert did not seek reelection to the House. Patten lost in the official [[general election]], 57-43 percent, to Democrat [[Dan Richey]], then of Ferriday in Concordia Parish. Another candidate was the Democrat [[Troyce Guice]], then of Ferriday, who had run unsuccessfully for the [[United States Senate]] in 1966 and again in 1996. Both Gilbert and Richey switched their affiliation to [[Republican Party|Republican]] after their legislative tenure.
Patten ran unsuccessfully for Louisiana's 5th congressional district seat in the [[United States House of Representatives]]. In the Democratic primaries of both 1970 and 1972, he was soundly defeated by the incumbent, [[Otto Passman]] of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]],<ref>''Louisiana Almanac,'' 2006.</ref> known as a critic of foreign aid who lost his seat in 1976 to fellow Democrat Thomas Jerald "Jerry" Huckaby.
Patten ran again for the state Senate in the 1979 primary but failed to secure a general election berth. The winner once again was Dan Richey, who defeated the Democratic National Committeewoman Mary Lou Winters of Columbia in Caldwell Parish, in the general election. Eliminated in the primary was state Representative [[Lanny Johnson]] of St. Joseph in Tensas Parish. On October 19, 1991, Patten ran again for the state Senate from District 32. He received 8,684 votes (20.4 percent) and lost to fellow Democrat Steve D. Thompson, a real estate agent from Winnsboro in Franklin Parish, who polled 26,840 votes (63 percent). A third candidate polled the remaining 16.6 percent.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Primary election returns, October 19, 1991.</ref>
==Personal life==
Patten was one of ten children born to Ivy Edward Patten (1896–1961) and the former Mattie Harrell (1900–1979). He was married to the former Carolyn McCauley. He was a member of Meyers Bend [[Pentecostal]] Church in Jonesville in Catahoula Parish.<ref name=obit>Funeral notice of David I. Patten, ''The Monroe News Star,'' June 26, 1998.</ref>
He died at the age of seventy-seven. Then state Senator [[Noble Ellington]] of Winnsboro, drafted in 1999 Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 17, in honor of Representative Patten. Services were held at the Sandy Lake Pentecostal Church in Jonesville. Patten is interred at Oak Grove Cemetery near Rhinehart, an unincorporated community in Catahoula Parish.<ref name=obit/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Patten, David I.}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Pentecostals]]
| name=David Ivy Patten
| birth_date=December 11, 1923
| birth_place=Place of birth missing<br>Resident of Catahoula Parish, [[Louisiana]]
| death_date=June 24, 1998 (aged 74)
| resting_place=Oak Grove Cemetery in Catahoula Parish
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative for Catahoula Parish and later Catahoula/Concordia parishes
|term_start=1964
|term_end=1972
|preceded=[[William S. Peck, Jr.]]
|succeeded=[[J. C. "Sonny" Gilbert]]
|occupation=[[Business]]man
|residence=Catahoula Parish
|religion=[[Pentecostal]]
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|spouse=(1) Ethel Inez Ewing Patten (divorced)<br>
(2) Carolyn McCauley Patten<br>
|children=David Mancil Patten<br>
Wayne Patten<br>
Diane Morace<br>
Sandy Cooper (1955-2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26774002/ethel-inez-patten|title=Ethel Inez Ewing Patten|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 8, 2020}}</ref>
'''Parents''':<br>
Ivy Edward and Mattie Harrell Patten
|footnotes='''Notes''':<br>
* Patten was the last member of the [[Louisiana ]] legislator to represent only [[Catahoula Parish]]; in his second term, he was placed in a combined district which included both Catahoula and Concordia parishes<br>
*Patten was unseated in the 1971 [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[primary]] election by outgoing state Senator [[J.C. "Sonny" Gilbert]] of Sicily Island, who later became a [[Republican Party|Republican]] after having left the legislature.
}}
'''David Ivy Patten''' (December 11, 1923 – June 24, 1998)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31283160/david-i-patten|title=David I. Patten|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 8, 2020}}</ref> was a building general contractor and a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] state representative from 1964 to 1972 for Catahoula Parish in the northeastern portion of [[Louisiana]].<ref name=legis/>
==Political career==
In his first legislative term, Patten succeeded [[William S. Peck, Jr.]], of Sicily Island and represented only Catahoula Parish. He was reelected to a second term in 1968 from a revised district which combined Catahoula and neighboring Concordia parishes. The [[incumbent]] from Concordia Parish, [[Fred L. Schiele]],<ref name=legis>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-20124 (Catahoula and Concordia parishes)|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=September 8, 2020}}</ref> did not seek a second term but later served as the [[sheriff]] of his parish.
Patten's interest focused on [[rural]] development. In 1972, in the newly numbered District 21, Patten was unseated by outgoing state Senator]] [[J.C. "Sonny" Gilbert]] of Sicily Island, a brother-in-law of William Peck, who ran that year for the House, rather than the Senate. Patten attempted a comeback in the Catahoula-Concordia district on November 1, 1975, in the first-ever nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held in Louisiana and had the support of the Catahoula Parish [[sheriff]]. Gilbert did not seek reelection to the House. Patten lost in the official [[general election]], 57-43 percent, to Democrat [[Dan Richey]], then of Ferriday in Concordia Parish. Another candidate was the Democrat [[Troyce Guice]], then of Ferriday, who had run unsuccessfully for the [[United States Senate]] in 1966 and again in 1996. Both Gilbert and Richey switched their affiliation to [[Republican Party|Republican]] after their legislative tenure.
Patten ran unsuccessfully for Louisiana's 5th congressional district seat in the [[United States House of Representatives]]. In the Democratic primaries of both 1970 and 1972, he was soundly defeated by the incumbent, [[Otto Passman]] of [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]],<ref>''Louisiana Almanac,'' 2006.</ref> known as a critic of foreign aid who lost his seat in 1976 to fellow Democrat Thomas Jerald "Jerry" Huckaby.
Patten ran again for the state Senate in the 1979 primary but failed to secure a general election berth. The winner once again was Dan Richey, who defeated the Democratic National Committeewoman Mary Lou Winters of Columbia in Caldwell Parish, in the general election. Eliminated in the primary was state Representative [[Lanny Johnson]] of St. Joseph in Tensas Parish. On October 19, 1991, Patten ran again for the state Senate from District 32. He received 8,684 votes (20.4 percent) and lost to fellow Democrat Steve D. Thompson, a real estate agent from Winnsboro in Franklin Parish, who polled 26,840 votes (63 percent). A third candidate polled the remaining 16.6 percent.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Primary election returns, October 19, 1991.</ref>
==Personal life==
Patten was one of ten children born to Ivy Edward Patten (1896–1961) and the former Mattie Harrell (1900–1979). He was married to the former Carolyn McCauley. He was a member of Meyers Bend [[Pentecostal]] Church in Jonesville in Catahoula Parish.<ref name=obit>Funeral notice of David I. Patten, ''The Monroe News Star,'' June 26, 1998.</ref>
He died at the age of seventy-seven. Then state Senator [[Noble Ellington]] of Winnsboro, drafted in 1999 Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 17, in honor of Representative Patten. Services were held at the Sandy Lake Pentecostal Church in Jonesville. Patten is interred at Oak Grove Cemetery near Rhinehart, an unincorporated community in Catahoula Parish.<ref name=obit/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Patten, David I.}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Pentecostals]]